Question

Using import datetime in python, is it possible to take a formatted time/date string such as:

2012-06-21 20:36:11

And convert it into an object that I can then use to produce a newly formatted string such as:

21st June 2012 20:36

Answer 1

import time

s = '2012-06-21 20:36:11'

t = time.strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
print time.strftime('%d %B %Y %H:%M', t)

returns

21 June 2012 20:36

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If you really want the ‘st’,

def nth(n):
    return str(n) + nth.ext[int(n)%10]
nth.ext = ['th', 'st', 'nd', 'rd'] + ['th']*6

print nth(t.tm_mday) + time.strftime(' %B %Y %H:%M', t)

gets you

21st June 2012 20:36