Python: How to convert date string into datetime object

Question

I have a date string - "Fri Jun 05 15:59:14 PDT 2020" How to convert into datetime object?

i have tried below format, its not working.

'%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y'

There may be an issue with your timezone abbreviation, I've used ```pytz``` library in the past, it could work for you as well — ekaeo, Aug 19 '23 at 08:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '23 at 08:41

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from dateutil import parser

date_string = "Fri Jun 05 15:59:14 PDT 2020"
datetime_obj = parser.parse(date_string)

print(datetime_obj)

output:-

2020-06-05 15:59:14

try using parse to Converts the string representation of a date and time to its DateTime equivalent,

answered Aug 19 '23 at 08:41

vegan_meat

that ignores `PDT`. see the dupe I linked, you can provide a `tzinfos` mapping to avoid that. – FObersteiner Aug 19 '23 at 14:07
@FObersteiner yes you're right without `tzinfo()` ,by default it uses system current time. – vegan_meat Aug 20 '23 at 14:51

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