How to Convert String Dates to Date Format in Python and C#

dateConvert.cs

using System;
using System.DateTime;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class DateConverter
{
  public static DateTime ConvertStringToDate(string stringDate)
  {
    // The regular expression to match a date string with month in word.
    string regex = @"^\d{4}-(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)-\d{1,2}$";

    // The format of the string date.
    string date_format = "yyyy-MM-dd";

    // Convert the string date to a DateTime object.
    DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(stringDate, date_format);

    return date;
  }

  public static void Main()
  {
    // The string dates to convert.
    string[] stringDates = {
      "2023-08-05",
      "05-Aug-2023",
      "Aug/05/2023",
      "5/Aug/2023",
    };

    // Iterate over the string dates and convert them to DateTime objects.
    for (string stringDate in stringDates)
    {
      date = ConvertStringToDate(stringDate);

      // Print the DateTime object.
      Console.WriteLine(date);
    }
  }
}

dateConvert.py

import datetime
import re

def convert_string_date_to_date(string_date):
  """Converts a string date to a date format.

  Args:
    string_date: The string date to convert.

  Returns:
    A date object.
  """

  date_formats = [
      "%Y-%m-%d",
      "%d-%b-%Y",
      "%b/%d/%Y",
      "%d/%b/%Y",
  ]
  for date_format in date_formats:
    try:
      date = datetime.datetime.strptime(string_date, date_format)
      return date
    except ValueError:
      pass

  raise ValueError("Unable to convert string date to date format")

if __name__ == "__main__":
  string_dates = [
      "2023-08-05",
      "05-Aug-2023",
      "Aug/05/2023",
      "5/Aug/2023",
  ]
  for string_date in string_dates:
    date = convert_string_date_to_date(string_date)
    print(date)