datetime and changing the month format

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Hey everyone,
I am trying to change the date input from csv file to another format that I want to use it for sorting.
The input of csv file:
Input=
'2019-01-25 17:00:17'
'2019-01-25 17:26:59'
'2019-01-25 17:39:31'
'2019-01-31 17:15:47'
-Output=datetime(Input,'InputFormat','yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss');
Output:
'25-Jan-2019 17:00:17'
'25-Jan-2019 17:26:59'
'25-Jan-2019 17:39:31'
'31-Jan-2019 17:15:47'
However, I want the output 01-25-2019 HH:mm:ss
What is the best way to do that?

Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 2 Feb 2019
Edited: Walter Roberson on 2 Feb 2019
Output = atetime(Input, 'InputFormat', 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', 'Format', 'MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss')
Caution: using month day year rather than day month year does lead to international confusion.
Last time I did my taxes, I had a heck of a time figuring out the strange timings on some of my receipts until I realized that every once in a while they accidentally switched to m/d/y instead of d/m/y .

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