Convert string to datetime in django?

Question

i want to display time in 12 hour format in django templates as iam storing time data in a charecter eg(\'18:30:00\') field how to convert this string time data to date in djang

Answer 1

Within Django's templates you can use the date Template Filter:

{{ value|date:"h:i:s a" }}   # '18:30:00' would appear as  6:30:00 p.m.
{{ value|date:"g:i:s a" }}   # '18:30:00' would appear as 06:30:00 p.m.

value would be the string variable you pass in the Context to the Template when you render it. The string appearing after date: formats the time.

You can find more here: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/templates/builtins/#date

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Hank Gay's answer is more correct than mine; you should avoid keeping structured data in a string if at all possible.

Answer 2

If you absolutely must do this, use time.strptime. It would be a better idea not to store structured data in a string if you can avoid it, though.