Ah, Python dates. You never quite realize how much of a mess they are—until you're knee-deep in some API response with a timestamp like "2025-04-10T14:30:00Z" and someone asks you to make sense of it. Enter the Batman and Robin of Python's datetime module:👉 strftime() — the Formatter👉 strptime() — the Parser Let’s break this dynamic... Continue Reading →
Parsing Dates with strptime() in Python
You’ve seen it before—some CSV or API gives you a weird string like "2025-04-10 15:45:00" and you think, "Cool, but how do I work with this?" Say hello to strptime() — the friendly counterpart to strftime(). While strftime formats datetime objects into strings, strptime does the reverse: it parses strings into datetime objects. strftime() can... Continue Reading →
Mastering strftime() in Python
If you’ve ever pulled a datetime value in Python and thought, “Ugh, what even is this format?” — you’re not alone. Python gives us strftime() for that exact reason. Whether you want to show 2025-04-10 as "10 April, 2025" or "Thursday 10th of April 2025, 03:45 PM" — strftime has your back. Let's decode it... Continue Reading →
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