datatime.strptime
from datetime import datetime dt_string = "12/11/2018 09:15:32" # Considering date is in dd/mm/yyyy format dt_object1 = datetime.strptime(dt_string, "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S") print("dt_object1 =", dt_object1) # Considering date is in mm/dd/yyyy format dt_object2 = datetime.strptime(dt_string, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S") print("dt_object2 =", dt_object2)