Question

Write a program that reads a string from the user containing a date in the form mm/dd/yyyy. It should print the date in the format March 12, 2018  

I am asking for help in basic python please

Answer 1

def formatLongDate(s):
    lst = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"]
    values = s.split("/")
    month = lst[int(values[0])-1]
    day = values[1]
    year = "20"+values[2]
    return month+" "+day+", "+year

# Testing
if __name__ == '__main__':
    date = input("Enter date in mm/dd/yyyy form: ")
    print(formatLongDate(date))