How can this datetime variable be converted to the string equivalent of this format in python? -

i using python 2.7.10

i have datetime variable contains 2015-03-31 21:02:36.452000. want convert datetime variable string looks 31-mar-2015 21:02:36.

how can done in python 2.7?

use strptime create datetime object use strftime format way want:

from datetime import datetime  s= "2015-05-31 21:02:36.452000"  print(datetime.strptime(s,"%y-%m-%d %h:%m:%s.%f").strftime("%d-%b-%y %h:%m:%s")) 31-may-2015 21:05:36 

the format string following:

%y  year century decimal number. %m  month decimal number [01,12].     %d  day of month decimal number [01,31]. %h  hour (24-hour clock) decimal number [00,23].  %m  minute decimal number [00,59]. %s  second decimal number [00,61].  %f  microsecond decimal number 

in strftime use %b is:

%b  locale’s abbreviated month name. 

obviously ignore microseconds in output string.

if have datetime object call strftime on datetime object:

print(dt.strftime("%d-%b-%y %h:%m:%s"))