csvkitHow to format a date in csvkit?

csvkit is a suite of command-line tools for converting to and working with CSV, the comma-separated values format. To format a date in csvkit, you can use the csvformat command. This command allows you to specify the date format you want to use.

For example, to format a date in the format YYYY-MM-DD, you can use the following command:

csvformat -d '%Y-%m-%d' input.csv

This will output the date in the following format:

2020-01-01

Code explanation

• csvformat: The command used to format a date in csvkit.
• -d: The flag used to specify the date format.
• '%Y-%m-%d': The date format used in this example, which is YYYY-MM-DD.
• input.csv: The name of the input CSV file.

Helpful links

• csvkit Documentation

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