Date from ISO format Converts a date from its ISO-8601 representation. Use datetime.datetime.fromisoformat() to convert the given ISO-8601 date to a datetime.datetime object. from datetime import datetime def from_iso_date(d): return datetime.fromisoformat(d) from_iso_date('2020-10-28T12:30:59.000000') # 2020-10-28 12:30:59