Date Formatting Function

This function takes a date string and a format string as arguments and formats the date string to the specified format. If the date string does not match the specified format, it returns an error message.

Technology Stack : datetime

Code Type : Date formatting function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def format_date(date_str, format_str):
    from datetime import datetime
    try:
        formatted_date = datetime.strptime(date_str, format_str).strftime(format_str)
        return formatted_date
    except ValueError as e:
        return str(e)