How to format dates in python?

Question

When I do so:

  data = input('data [d/m/Y]: ')    
  print(data)

  data2 = datetime.strptime(data, "%d/%m/%Y")

  print(data2)

returns to me like this:

data [d/m/Y]: 17/08/2018

17/08/2018

2018-08-17 00:00:00

how do I format the date being dd/mm/yyyy and not appear time together?

Answer 1

The method datetime.strptime serves to make the Parsing (probably why the P) of a date in a given format. That is, it takes a string, does Parsing and returns an object datime.

To transform an object datetime in a string again you can use:

• The method datetime.strftime to return a string in the desired format.

  minha_data.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")
  

• Use the method datetime.__format__ (Protocol format):

  • with the function format().

    format(minha_data, "%d/%m/%Y")
    

  • with str.format:

    "{:%d/%m/%Y}".format(minha_data)
    

  • or with the f-strings introduced in python 3.6

    f"{minha_data:%d/%m/%Y}"
    

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Answer 2

If you want to use print try so:

import datetime

_data="12/09/2018"
_data2=datetime.datetime.strptime(_data, "%d/%m/%Y")
print(_data2)

2018-09-12 00:00:00

print("{}/{}/{}".format(_data2.day,_data2.month,_data2.year))

12/9/2018