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Doug Devitre
16,516 PointsQuiz Question Python Dates and Times - parse from data to string
Please fill in the correct answer in each blank provided below.
Complete this line of code by entering the correct format string
dt = datetime.strptime('Mon 11 Dec 2023, 11:34PM','____')
Here is what I put in the empty space %b %d %b %Y, %I:%M%p
I received an error and not sure what I missed.
Here are the codes. https://strftime.org/
Any ideas?
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsYou're close, but the first code (for the abbreviated weekday) should be %a
instead of %b
.
You correctly used %b
for the abbreviated month later on.
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Doug Devitre
16,516 PointsClear, concise, and to the point. Thanks again, Steven Parker!