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Asked: 2026-06-14T14:56:41+00:00

I am trying to format a Datetime object I received from an XmlRPC API.

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I am trying to format a Datetime object I received from an XmlRPC API. The date is formatted like this (u'20121106T10:23:24'). I tried doing this:

s = datetime.strptime(u'20121106T10:23:24', "%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S")
usedate = s.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')

I get this exception: 

time data "DateTime '20121106T10:23:24' at b556886c" does not match format '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S'

I want the string to be in a YYYY-MM-DD format. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.

EDIT: Sharing exact error: 

ValueError at /idea/

time data "DateTime '20121106T10:23:24' at b556886c" does not match format '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S'
Exception Type: ValueError
Exception Value:    

time data "DateTime '20121106T10:23:24' at b556886c" does not match format '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S'
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  1. Editorial Team

    Dumb mistake on my part. I was calling repr instead of str and the methods didn’t return the same thing. I was under the impression a datetime repr would equal the str.

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