Working with the datetime library

We will be exploring the datetime library, specifically the datetime.strptime(date_string, format) method that converts a string date in a specific string format by identifying day, month and year. Using the table provided, determine the appropriate code to identify the year, month, and day from the dates below (you can check your answers by printing the method in the console):

12-01-1990 (US Format m-d-y)
23/08/2020 (EU Format d-m-y)

Directive	Meaning	Example
%d	Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number	01, 02, …, 31
%b	Month as locale’s abbreviated name	Jan, Feb, …, Dec
%B	Month as locale’s full name	January, …, December
%m	Month as a zero-padded decimal number	01, 02, …, 12
%y	Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number	00, 01, …, 99
%Y	Year with century as a decimal number	1970, 1988, 2001, 2013

Possible answers

Use datetime.strptime('12-01-1990', '%m %d %Y') and datetime.strptime('23/08/2020', '%d %m %Y').

Use datetime.strptime(12-01-1990, %m-%d-%Y) and datetime.strptime('23/08/2020', %d/%m/%Y).

Use datetime.strptime('12-01-1990', '%m-%d-%Y') and datetime.strptime('23/08/2020', '%d/%m/%Y').

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Working with the datetime library

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