time data '2021-03-31 23:30:00' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:S'

Question

This simple example brings the error described above.

from datetime import datetime
obj = datetime.strptime('2021-03-31 23:30:00',  '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:S')

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

You're missing a % for the S-part

from datetime import datetime
obj = datetime.strptime('2021-03-31 23:30:00',  '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

Answer 2

You're missing a % at the seconds. Should be

'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'