Converting date between DD/MM/YYYY and YYYY-MM-DD?

Question

Using a Python script, I need to read a CVS file where dates are formated as DD/MM/YYYY, and convert them to YYYY-MM-DD before saving this into a SQLite database.

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Answer 1

I am new to programming. I wanted to convert from yyyy-mm-dd to dd/mm/yyyy to print out a date in the format that people in my part of the world use and recognise.

The accepted answer above got me on the right track.

The answer I ended up with to my problem is:

import datetime

today_date = datetime.date.today()
print(today_date)

new_today_date = today_date.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
print (new_today_date)

The first two lines after the import statement gives today's date in the USA format (2017-01-26). The last two lines convert this to the format recognised in the UK and other countries (26/01/2017).

You can shorten this code, but I left it as is because it is helpful to me as a beginner. I hope this helps other beginner programmers starting out!