Python datetime formatting conversion

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If I have a datetime object, like -

2012-03-10

How would I convert it into the following string format -

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EDT

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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datetime.strptime("2012-03-10", "%Y-%m-%d").strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S EDT")

Sorry about the primitive way of adding the timezone. See this question for better approaches.

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answered Mar 10 '12 at 00:54

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '12 at 01:04

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>>> from datetime import datetime as dt
>>> a = dt.now().replace(tzinfo = pytz.timezone('US/Eastern'))
>>> a.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')
'Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:02:51 EST'

answered Mar 10 '12 at 01:04

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 02 '20 at 18:37

Python 3.7+, using dateutil:

from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import tz

s = '2012-03-10'
dt = datetime.fromisoformat(s).replace(tzinfo=tz.gettz('US/Eastern'))
print(dt.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z'))
>>> 'Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST'

Python 3.9+, using zoneinfo:

from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo

s = '2012-03-10'
dt = datetime.fromisoformat(s).replace(tzinfo=ZoneInfo('US/Eastern'))

Python datetime formatting conversion

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