add note regarding datetime docs (#72976)

Adds a note pointing to the datetime documentation as to_datetime does not use the time library but instead uses datetime.
Co-authored-by: Alicia Cozine <879121+acozine@users.noreply.github.com>
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Sascha Marcel Schmidt 4 years ago committed by GitHub
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@ -1661,6 +1661,8 @@ To get a date object from a string use the `to_datetime` filter::
# get amount of days between two dates. This returns only number of days and discards remaining hours, minutes, and seconds # get amount of days between two dates. This returns only number of days and discards remaining hours, minutes, and seconds
{{ (("2016-08-14 20:00:12" | to_datetime) - ("2015-12-25" | to_datetime('%Y-%m-%d'))).days }} {{ (("2016-08-14 20:00:12" | to_datetime) - ("2015-12-25" | to_datetime('%Y-%m-%d'))).days }}
.. note:: For a full list of format codes for working with python date format strings, see https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior.
.. versionadded:: 2.4 .. versionadded:: 2.4
To format a date using a string (like with the shell date command), use the "strftime" filter:: To format a date using a string (like with the shell date command), use the "strftime" filter::

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