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

You can use easy_date to make it easy:

import date_converter
converted_date = date_converter.string_to_string('15-MARCH-2015', '%d-%B-%Y', '%Y-%m-%d')