How to convert Julian date to standard date?

Question

I have a string as Julian date like \"16152\" meaning 152\'nd day of 2016 or \"15234\" meaning 234\'th day of 2015.

How can I convert these

Answer 1

Easy way

• Convert from regular date to Julian date

print datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%y%j")

• Convert from Julian date to regular date

print datetime.datetime.strptime('19155', '%y%j').strftime("%d-%m-%Y")