Python supports converting from dates to strings and back. For example, after we get results from the Google Analytics API, we might want to parse the dates into datetime objects.

Everything in Python is an object, or so the saying goes. If you want to create your own custom objects, with their own properties and methods, you use Python’s class object to make that happen.

Also read: How to use strings in Python The great thing about classes in Python, is that they can create multiple “instances” of a single thing.

Microsoft's two new video series target beginner developers interested in using Python for machine-learning programs.