[Python] ValueError: Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-15-d27c936e2293> in...

I am trying to read the data from a csv file and I am getting this error:


ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-15-d27c936e2293> in <module>()
11 for row in header:
12 # row = [Date, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume, Adj. close]
---> 13 date = datetime.strptime(row[0], '%m/%d/%Y')
14 open_price = float(row[1])
15 high = float(row[2])

~/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/_strptime.py in _strptime_datetime(cls, data_string, format)
563 """Return a class cls instance based on the input string and the
564 format string."""
--> 565 tt, fraction = _strptime(data_string, format)
566 tzname, gmtoff = tt[-2:]
567 args = tt[:6] + (fraction,)

~/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/_strptime.py in _strptime(data_string, format)
360 if not found:
361 raise ValueError("time data %r does not match format %r" %
--> 362 (data_string, format))
363 if len(data_string) != found.end():
364 raise ValueError("unconverted data remains: %s" %

ValueError: time data 'D' does not match format '%m/%d/%Y'


Here's my code:

import csv
from datetime import datetime

path ="google_stock_data.csv"
file = open (path, newline = '')
reader = csv.reader(file)

header = next (reader)

data = []
for row in header:
# row = [Date, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume, Adj. close]
date = datetime.strptime(row[0], '%m/%d/%Y')
open_price = float(row[1])
high = float(row[2])
low = float(row[3])
close = float(row[4])
volume = float(row[5])
adj_close = float(row[6])

data.append([date, open_price, high, low, close, volume, adj_close])

print(data[0])


NOTE: The data in the file looks like this:

Date Open High Low Close Volume Adj Close

8/19/14 585.002622 587.342658 584.002627 586.862643 978600 586.862643
8/18/14 576.11258 584.512631 576.002598 582.162619 1284100 582.162619
8/15/14 577.862619 579.382595 570.522603 573.482626 1519100 573.482626
8/14/14 576.182596 577.902645 570.882599 574.652582 985400 574.652582


Why is that? Isn't the data being converted to the proper type? Please help. How can I fix it?

Thanks.

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