Converting a Date from dd/mm/yyyy format to yyyy/mm/dd format in python a simple script The date are in the file 'testdate.txt' in dd/mm/yyyy format and after conversion look at convDate list

edit_date.py

# from dd/mm/yyyy to yyyy/mm/dd format of dates
f = open('testdate.txt')
i = f.read()
print i
date = i.split("\n")
print date
convDate = []

for adate in date:
	if '/' in adate:
		curDate = adate[1:-1].split('/')
		yymmdd = curDate[2] + '/' + curDate[1] + '/' + curDate[0]
		print yymmdd
		convDate.append(yymmdd)
print convDate