datetime format in python

# Convert string to datetime from datetime import datetime date_object = datetime.strptime('Jun 1 2013 1:33PM', '%b %d %Y %I:%M%p') date_object = datetime.strptime('2013-2-5', '%Y-%m-%d') # You can use strftime to help you format your date. E.g., t = datetime.datetime(2013, 2, 23, 0, 0) t.strftime('%m/%d/%Y') will yield: '02/23/2013' More information about formatting see here import datetime dateFilter [...]