Python format time string to datetime object

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I'm trying to format the time string "2016-01-01 00:00:00" to a datetime object. I tried the following code:

from datetime import datetime
a = '2016-01-01 00:00:00'
d = datetime.strptime(a,'%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S')

But I got the error message saying:

ValueError: time data '2016-01-01 00:00:00' does not match format '%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S'

What's wrong with my code? Thank you all for helping me!!!

Moinuddin Quadri · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-21 13:32:15Z

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- hyphens are missing in your format string:

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> a = '2016-01-01 00:00:00'

#                Hyphens here  v  v       
>>> d = datetime.strptime(a,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
>>> d
datetime.datetime(2016, 1, 1, 0, 0)

answered Dec 21, 2016 at 13:32

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Haroldo_OK · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-21 13:33:07Z

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Your format string is wrong. This works:

from datetime import datetime
a = '2016-01-01 00:00:00'
d = datetime.strptime(a,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

answered Dec 21, 2016 at 13:33

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