Datetime question in Python 2.7

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Hello, I am trying to copy date from a csv file to my txt file, but the date is not converted correctly and I am not sure why.
For example, I have 2015/9/5 in my csv file, and whenever I convert it, it is written in my txt file as 1970-01-01, instead of 2015. Please see my code below. Thank you.

What I have tried:

C#

import datetime
[...my code].
# Return a value from csv file.
date = worksheet.cell(0, 0).value
# Convert the value to the date.
dat1 = datetime.date.fromtimestamp(date)

...and this gives me 1970-01-01 instead of 2015-09-05 for some reason.

Posted 8-Dec-16 18:19pm

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Updated 8-Dec-16 19:05pm

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Peter Leow · Answer 1 · 2016-12-08T19:05:00

Check out this example:

from datetime import datetime

datetime_object = datetime.strptime('2015/9/5', '%Y/%m/%d').date()

datetime_string = datetime_object.strftime("%Y/%-m/%-d")

print 'As datetime object: ' + str(datetime_object)

print 'As string: ' + datetime_string

Refer to python 2.7 documentation for more details on:
1. strptime[^]
2. strftime[^]
3. strftime() and strptime() Behavior[^]