PYTHON

Python Datetime strftime

# import datetime module from datetime
from datetime import datetime

# consider the time stamps from a list in string
# format DD/MM/YY H:M:S.micros
time_data = ["25/05/99 02:35:8.023", "26/05/99 12:45:0.003",
			"27/05/99 07:35:5.523", "28/05/99 05:15:55.523"]

# format the string in the given format : day/month/year
# hours/minutes/seconds-micro seconds
format_data = "%d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S.%f"

# Using strptime with datetime we will format string
# into datetime
for i in time_data:
	print(datetime.strptime(i, format_data))

date strftime python

import datetime
datetime.datetime.now().strftime ("%Y%m%d")
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python does strftime work with date objects

Yes, the strftime() method returns a string representing date and time using 
date, 
time or 
datetime object.