convert an integer number in a date to the month name using python

Question

I do have this string '2013-07-01' and I want to convert it to July 1, 2013
How to do that using python?

Thanks!

Somewhat related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1169000/smart-date-interpretation — Zoredache, Sep 14 '13 at 00:44

TerryA · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-14T01:29:40.350

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Using the datetime module:

>>> import datetime
>>> s = '2013-07-01'
>>> mydate = datetime.datetime.strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%d')
>>> print mydate.strftime('%B %d, %Y')
July 01, 2013

edited Sep 14 '13 at 01:29

answered Sep 14 '13 at 00:44

TerryA

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '13 at 01:24

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To add Haidro's answer, you could do it in just one compact line:

>>> s = '2013-07-01'
>>> print datetime.datetime.strptime(s,'%Y-%m-%d').strftime('%B %d, %Y')
'July 01, 2013'

answered Sep 14 '13 at 01:24

Developer

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oh yea, forgot that datetime objects have a strftime function – TerryA Sep 14 '13 at 01:29
I like the one line solution!!! Always amazed about how one line could solve a problem in python!! thank you Developer!!!! – mongotop Sep 14 '13 at 01:30

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