Convert 12 hour time string into datetime or time

Question

Ive been trying to use time.strptime(string1,\'%H:%M\'), with no success

How can I get the following:

Input     Output
3:14AM  -> 03:         


        

Answer 1

Use %I for 12 hour times and %p for the am or pm as follows:

from datetime import datetime
 
for t in ["3:14AM", "9:33PM", "12:21AM", "12:15PM"]:
    print(datetime.strptime(t, '%I:%M%p').strftime("%H:%M"))

Giving you the following output:

03:14
21:33
00:21
12:15 
    

The formats used are documented in strftime() and strptime() Behavior