["python","time","python-datetime"]
Convert string into datetime.time object

Given the string in this format "HH:MM", for example "03:55", that represents 3 hours and 55 minutes. I want to convert it to datetime.time object for easier manipulation. What would be the easiest way to do that?
Use datetime.datetime.strptime() and call .time() on the result: >>> datetime.datetime.strptime('03:55', '%H:%M').time() datetime.time(3, 55) The first argument to .strptime() is the string to parse, the second is the expected format.