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Python Question: reformatting a date

"Write a function reformat date() that takes a string argument containing a date in one format it and returns the date in another format. Specifically, it converts an argument like '10/31/2017' (MM/DD/YYYY) to'31-OCT-17' (DD-MMM-YY).

The three-letter abbreviations in the return value must be given in all capital letters: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC.

(Hint: you don't need 12 if-statements to map month numbers to these strings. Try to think of another way...) The returned day and year must be given as two-digit values, even if the first digit is a 0.

The argument will not include leading zeroes. You may assume that the year is in the range 2000-2999, inclusive.

Examples:

Function Call Return Value

reformat date('5/17/2021') '17-MAY-21'

reformat date('12/31/2000') '31-DEC-00'

reformat date('9/8/2017') '08-SEP-17'

reformat date('8/5/2003') '05-AUG-03'

Note that the quotation marks displayed in the examples are there to emphasize that the argument and return value are strings.