Python string to datetime

def make_datetime(string):  # provided
    string = string.split(' ')
    date_str = string[0].split('/')
    time_str = string[1].split(':')
    date_int = [int(x) for x in date_str]
    time_int = [int(x) for x in time_str]
    return datetime.datetime(date_int[2], date_int[1], date_int[0], time_int[0], time_int[1])