Convert string date into date format in python?

Question

How to convert the below string date into date format in python.

input:
date=\'15-MARCH-2015\'

expected output:
2015-03-15

I tried to use

Answer 1

The datetime module will help you here. First convert your string to a datetime object using strptime, then convert this object to the required string format with strftime:

from datetime import datetime
datetime.strftime(datetime.strptime('15-MARCH-2015','%d-%B-%Y'),'%Y-%m-%d')

Will yield:

'2015-03-15'

Notice the string format '%d-%B-%Y' conforms to the string as you have it and '%Y-%m-%d' to the format you want it to be in.