python - Date format conversion from yyyy-mm-dd to dd:mm:yyyy

Question

How to convert date in Python from 2021-01-11 as YYYY-MM-DD to dd:mm:yyyy like 11:01:2021?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65661548/date-format-conversion-from-yyyy-mm-dd-to-ddmmyyyy

Answer 1

You can do that in a very simple way with datetime:

import datetime

original_date = datetime.datetime.strptime("2021-01-11", '%Y-%m-%d')
formatted_date = original_date.strftime("%d:%m:%Y")

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