How to convert Python date string mm/dd/yyyy to datetime?

You can convert a string to date object using the strptime function. Provide the date string and the format in which the date is specified. 

 Example

import datetime
date_str = '29/12/2017' # The date - 29 Dec 2017
format_str = '%d/%m/%Y' # The format
datetime_obj = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, format_str)
print(datetime_obj.date())

Output

This will give the output −

2017-12-29