How do I turn a python datetime into a string with readable format date

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t   e  updated parsed   dt   datetime datetime t 0  t 1  t 2  t 3  t 4  t 5  t 6  print dt  gt  gt  gt 2010-01-28 08 39 49 000003   How do I turn that into a string     January 28  2010

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Here is how you can accomplish the same using python's general formatting function...

>>>from datetime import datetime
>>>"{:%B %d, %Y}".format(datetime.now())

The formatting characters used here are the same as those used by strftime. Don't miss the leading : in the format specifier.

Using format() instead of strftime() in most cases can make the code more readable, easier to write and consistent with the way formatted output is generated...

>>>"{} today's date is: {:%B %d, %Y}".format("Andre", datetime.now())

Compare the above with the following strftime() alternative...

>>>"{} today's date is {}".format("Andre", datetime.now().strftime("%B %d, %Y"))

Moreover, the following is not going to work...

>>>datetime.now().strftime("%s %B %d, %Y" % "Andre")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#11>", line 1, in <module>
    datetime.now().strftime("%s %B %d, %Y" % "Andre")
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string

And so on...

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Using f-strings  in Python 3 6    from datetime import datetime  date string   f  datetime now    Y- m- d  H  M  S z

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Read strfrtime from the official docs

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The datetime class has a method strftime  The Python docs documents the different formats it accepts    Python 2  strftime   Behavior Python 3  strftime   Behavior   For this specific example  it would look something like   my datetime strftime   B  d   Y

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Python datetime object has a method attribute  which prints in readable format    gt  gt  gt  a   datetime now    gt  gt  gt  a ctime    Mon May 21 18 35 18 2018   gt  gt  gt

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This is for format the date      def format date day  month  year                betekent  plaats hier stringvoorstelling van volgend argument          return            format day  month  year

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very old question  i know  but with the new f-strings  starting from python 3 6  there are fresh options  so here for completeness   from datetime import datetime  dt   datetime now      str format strg       B  d   Y   format dt  print strg     July 22  2017    datetime strftime strg   dt strftime   B  d   Y   print strg     July 22  2017    f-strings in python  gt   3 6 strg   f  dt  B  d   Y   print strg     July 22  2017   strftime   and strptime   Behavior explains what the format specifiers mean

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