How to convert Linux date string to Python Datetime

February 25, 2022

I am trying to convert the Linux date time ‘Fri Feb 25 16:07:17 UTC 2022’ to python datetime but not able to achieve the same. However, I am able to do using below code, but still looking for the right approach:

Input -> Fri Feb 25 16:07:17 UTC 2022

from datetime import datetime
linux_date="Fri Feb 25 16:07:17 UTC 2022"
arr=linux_date.split(' ')
py_str=f"{arr[1]+' '+arr[2]+' '+arr[5]+' '+arr[3]}"
py_str=(datetime.strptime(py_str, '%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S')).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
py_str

Output -> ‘2022-02-25 16:07:17’

>Solution :

linux_date = 'Fri Feb 25 16:07:17 UTC 2022'

import datetime
new_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(linux_date, '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y')
print(new_date)

Output

2022-02-25 16:07:17