django strptime

from datetime import datetime

# Step 1: Define the date string
date_string = "2023-12-11 15:30:00"

# Step 2: Specify the date format using strftime notation
date_format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

# Step 3: Use strptime to parse the date string into a datetime object
parsed_date = datetime.strptime(date_string, date_format)

# Step 4: Print or use the parsed datetime object as needed
print(parsed_date)