Converting String to Date Format in Python -

i have following date need convert:

wed, 09 jul 2014 12:22:17 +0000 

this stored string. wrote code convert date format want (the string above passed argument covertdate function):

def convertdate(dictvalue):      date_string = dictvalue     format_string = '%a, %d %b %y %h:%m:%s %z'     date_object = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_string, format_string)     date_correct_form = date_object.strftime("%y-%m-%d")     print(type(date_correct_form))     print(date_correct_form)      return date_correct_form 

the output follows:

<class 'str'> 2014-10-30 

i format want, still isn't recognized date.

how can make so?

you returning date_correct_form, result of strftime:

return string representing date, controlled explicit format string.

(emphasis mine)

if want datetime object, return date_object. if need both, can return both:

return date_correct_form, date_object 

you can call so:

date_string, date_obj = convertdate(dictvalue) 

you have formatted string in date_string, , if still need logic against datetime object, in date_obj