Question

How to convert a Python date string to a date object?

Answer 1

You can convert a string to date object using the strptime function. Provide the date string and the format in which the date is specified. For example,

import datetime

date_str = '29122017' # The date - 29 Dec 2017

format_str = '%d%m%Y' # The format

datetime_obj = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, format_str)

print(datetime_obj.date())

This will give the output: