This tutorial explains how to do datetime (Datetime to String, String to datetime and days subtraction from datetime) conversion in Python

Abstract

In this tutorial we will convert Datetime to String, String to datetime and days subtraction from datetime.

Implementation

In below mention code we will use strftime, strptime and timedelta for datetime conversion.

Converting Datetime into String

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

#datetime to string conversion
t = datetime(2018, 2, 23, 0, 0)
value = t.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
print value

Output:

02/23/2018

Converting String into Datetime

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

#string to Datetime conversion
val = '02/23/2018'
date_time = datetime.strptime(val, '%m/%d/%Y')
print date_time

Output:

2018-02-23 00:00:00

Subtracting days from Datetime

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

#days subtraction from datetime
days_to_subtract = 7
dt = datetime(2018, 2, 23, 0, 0)
date_subtract = dt - timedelta(days=days_to_subtract)
print date_subtract

Output:

2018-02-16 00:00:00

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