when trying to convert string object into date…
here s is a string..
======datetime_new.py============
s="05/30/2013:10:47:34"
mytime = time.strptime(s, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
print mytime
getting an error like:
ValueError: time data '05/30/2013:10:47:34' does not match format '%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S'
There's a colon between date and time parts, but a space in your format.
But time.strptime won't give you a datetime, it will give you a time.struct_time. If you want a datetime, use datetime.datetime.strptime.
In [1]: import time
In [2]: s="05/30/2013:10:47:34"
In [4]: mytime = time.strptime(s, "%m/%d/%Y:%H:%M:%S")
In [5]: mytime
Out[5]: time.struct_time(tm_year=2013, tm_mon=5, tm_mday=30, tm_hour=10, tm_min=47, tm_sec=34, tm_wday=3, tm_yday=150, tm_isdst=-1)
In [6]: import datetime
In [7]: datetime.datetime.strptime(s, "%m/%d/%Y:%H:%M:%S")
Out[7]: datetime.datetime(2013, 5, 30, 10, 47, 34)
