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  datetime.strptime() not padding 0's Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com> - 2013-04-23 17:14 -0400
    Re: datetime.strptime() not padding 0's John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2013-04-23 21:38 +0000

#44216 — datetime.strptime() not padding 0's

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I thought I read some where that strptime() will pad 0's for day's for some
reason this isnt working for me and I'm wondering if i'm doing something
wrong.

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> dt = datetime.strptime('Apr 9 2013', '%b %d %Y')
>>> dt.day
9
>>>

How can I get strptime to run 09? instead of 9


--RB

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In <mailman.995.1366751728.3114.python-list@python.org> Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com> writes:

> I thought I read some where that strptime() will pad 0's for day's for some
> reason this isnt working for me and I'm wondering if i'm doing something
> wrong.

> >>> from datetime import datetime
> >>> dt = datetime.strptime('Apr 9 2013', '%b %d %Y')
> >>> dt.day
> 9

> How can I get strptime to run 09? instead of 9

dt.day is just an integer.  If you want to print it with zero padding,
use a format string:

>>> n = 9
>>> print n
9
>>> print '%02d' % n
09

or for python 3:
>>> print("{0:02d}".format(n))
09

-- 
John Gordon                   A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
gordon@panix.com              B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
                                -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"

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