How do I convert YYYYMMDD to datetime, but maintain the same format

Question

I have an variable integer that is in the format YYYYMMDD.

How do i convert that variable to datetime while maintaining the format of YYYYMMDD?

date = 20200930

nextday = date + 1

How do i fix this, so the nextday variable displays as 20201001

So what's wrong? It's easier to get advice and answers by showing in the program source what you want to do in that format and what you couldn't do (the problem you encountered). — kunif, Nov 06 '20 at 22:47
Can you please give more details about your use case? You can work with datetime objects and print them/save them in the format you're giving. — , Nov 06 '20 at 22:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '20 at 23:20

If I'm understanding what you need to do correctly, you can easily do it using the datetime package.

First, convert your variable to a date:

import datetime
date = 20200930
dt = datetime.datetime.strptime(str(date), '%Y%m%d')

Now, when you print this, you will see: datetime.datetime(2020, 9, 30, 0, 0).

You can then add a day to it:

dt_new = dt + datetime.timedelta(1)

And specify the format you want to see the new date variable in:

print ('{date: %Y%m%d}'.format(date=dt_new))

which will give: 20201001.

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