In [4]:
import datetime as dt

In [20]:
dt.datetime.strptime('2010121', '%Y%j')

# print(dt.datetime.strptime('2010 120', '%Y %j').strftime())
# datetime.datetime(2010, 4, 30, 0, 0)
# >>> _.strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
# '30/04/2010'


Out[20]:
datetime.datetime(2010, 5, 1, 0, 0)

In [16]:
mmdd_str[2:4]


Out[16]:
'01'

In [22]:
"%03d" % 1


Out[22]:
'001'

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