Can't turn datetime string into datetime object - ValueError

Question

date_time_str = data['date']
date_time_obj = dt.datetime.strptime(date_time_str, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
print(date_time_obj)

I get this error:

ValueError: time data 'date' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

But the string datetime is the same exact format as I formatted above:

"2020-08-30 20:29:42"

The error message says that the string you're trying to parse is `'date'`. — khelwood, Aug 30 '20 at 20:39
Look at the error. It means you are trying to convert the string `'date'` to a date, which is clearly not what you meant to do. Check why `data['date']` is `'date'` — DeepSpace, Aug 30 '20 at 20:40
you could add `print(date_time_str)` before to be sure of how it looks like — Cyril Jouve, Aug 30 '20 at 20:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '20 at 20:46

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I think the problem is not this dt.datetime.strptime(date_time_str, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"). It looks like data['date'] is a time data.

answered Aug 30 '20 at 20:46

bilginyuksel

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