Python - Datetime Issue

Question

This should be a simple fix, but I can not figure out why I keep getting this error:

DATE = '8/27/2012 19:12:00'
Convert = datetime.strptime(DATE, '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S')


ValueError: time data '8/27/2012 19:12:00' does not match format '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S'

Am I missing something? does the month need to be "08"?

Thanks

Moses Koledoye · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-27 00:21:15Z

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Your day and month are flipped; month can't take a value of 27:

>>> convert = datetime.strptime(DATE, '%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S')
>>> convert
datetime.datetime(2012, 8, 27, 19, 12)

edited Feb 27, 2017 at 0:21

answered Feb 27, 2017 at 0:16

Moses Koledoye

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Moses Koledoye Over a year ago

@JeffSaltfist You may consider accepting the answer if it helped :)

Jeff Saltfist Over a year ago

Yes, sorry for the delay.

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