Convert String with Month Name to datetime in Python (Example)

In this article, you’ll learn how to convert a string with a month name to a datetime object in Python programming.

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Example Data & Imported Modules

At first, we need to import the datetime module.

from datetime import datetime            # Load datetime module

As a next step, we should also create data that we can use later in the example.

s = "15 July 2014"                       # Sample datetime as string construction

Example: Converting the String with Month Name into datetime by strptime()

By using the strptime() function, we can generate the datetime object with a single line of code.

dt = datetime.strptime(s, "%d %B %Y")    # datetime object generation
print(dt)                                # Printing the datetime object
# 2014-07-15 00:00:00

The previous output of the Python console shows that our data is successfully converted to a datetime object.

Video & Further Resources

If you need more explanations on the Python code of this page, I recommend watching the following video on my YouTube channel. I show the Python programming syntax of this article in the video.

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In addition, you might want to have a look at the other tutorials on this website. Some other tutorials on similar topics such as dates, data objects, and character strings are below.

• Dates & Times in Python – datetime Module
• Introduction to timedelta Objects in Python
• Convert datetime Object to Date Only String in Python
• Convert datetime into String with Milliseconds in Python
• Convert String to datetime Object in Python
• Convert datetime to String without Microsecond Component in Python
• The Python Programming Language

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