Create a datetime from a string in a given format.

gistfile1.py

import time
from datetime import datetime


def str_to_datetime(str_date, str_format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"):
    """ Creates a datetime from a string in a given format. """

    dt = time.strptime(str_date, str_format)
    dt = time.mktime(dt)

    return datetime.fromtimestamp(dt)