In Python there are multiple DateTime parsers which can parse a date string automatically without providing the datetime format. My problem is that I don't need to cast the datetime, I only need the datetime format. Example: From "2021-01-01", I want something like "%Y-%m-%d" or "yyyy-MM-dd". My only idea was to try casting with different formats and get the successful one, but I don't want to list every possible format. I'm working with pandas, so I can use methods that work either with series or the string DateTime parser. Any ideas? Continue reading...