from datetime import datetime datetime_str = '09/19/18 13:55:26' datetime_object = datetime.strptime(datetime_str, '%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S') print(type(datetime_object)) print(datetime_object) # printed in default format
date_str = '09-19-2018' date_object = datetime.strptime(date_str, '%m-%d-%Y').date() print(type(date_object)) print(date_object) # printed in default formatting
datetime.datetime.now().date()