How to convert date formats from YYYYMMDD to MM/DD/YYYY

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from datetime import datetime

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oldformat = '20140716'
datetimeobject = datetime.strptime(oldformat,'%Y%m%d')

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newformat = datetimeobject.strftime('%m-%d-%Y')
print newformat

07-16-2014

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newformat2 = datetimeobject.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
print newformat2

07/16/2014

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#Here is a link to the python strftime character references
#http://strftime.org/