import datetime
date = '2021-01-01'
# For a datetime.datetime obj:
datetime.datetime.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d')
# For a datetime.date obj:
datetime.datetime.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d').date()
from datetime import datetime
date_string = "22 June, 2022"
print("date_string =", date_string)
print("type of date_string =", type(date_string))
date_object = datetime.strptime(date_string, "%d %B, %Y")
print("date_object =", date_object)
print("type of date_object =", type(date_object))