strptime

tifffile.strptime(datetime_string, format=None, /)

Return datetime corresponding to date string using common formats.

Parameters:
  • datetime_string (str) – String representation of date and time.

  • format (str | None) – Format of datetime_string. By default, several datetime formats commonly found in TIFF files are parsed.

Raises:

ValueErrordatetime_string does not match any format.

Return type:

datetime

Examples

>>> strptime('2022:08:01 22:23:24')
datetime.datetime(2022, 8, 1, 22, 23, 24)