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 |
This exercise is part of the course
Financial Forecasting in Python
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