Changing the date format can be a very useful task when working with data in Python. Often, the date format in datasets is not in the desired format for analysis or visualization purposes.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to change the date format in Python using the datetime module.

Steps:

Step 1: Import the datetime module

To start working with datetime in Python, we need to import the module. You can do this using the following code:

Step 2: Create a date object

Now, create a date object using the datetime module. You can do this by specifying the year, month, and day in the format “datetime.date(year, month, day)”. For example:

This creates a “my_date” object with a date value of October 25, 2021.

Step 3: Change the date format

To change the date format, we can use the “strftime()” method. This method allows us to specify a new format for the date. For example, if we want to change the date format to “Month day, year”, we can do:

This will create a new string with the date in the desired format.

Step 4: Print the new date format

To see the new date format, we can simply print the “new_date_format” string using the print() function. For example:

This will output the following:

October 25, 2021

You can change the date format to any desired format by modifying the format string in “strftime()”.

Conclusion

Changing the date format in Python is a simple task using the datetime module. By following the steps outlined in this tutorial, you can easily change the date format to suit your needs.

Here is the full code: