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Asked: 2026-05-23T16:28:05+00:00

I would like to convert strings to datetime objects to be used in the

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I would like to convert strings to datetime objects to be used in the insert statement for MySQL. The strings are received in the following format :

2010-12-21T22:57:04.000Z

The data type of the MySQL column is DATETIME.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use the strptime function.

    For instance, that would give:

    myDatetime = datetime.strptime(myString.split(".")[0], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")

    [EDIT] Well, I’ve seen this has been treated in another thread with a better answer than mine: How to parse an ISO 8601-formatted date?

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