Convert datetime to ordinal in python fails
<p>i been had worked with dates. I want to convert datetimes to ordinal but my script fails.</p>

<pre><code>from datetime import datetime

date = "2016/12/07 17:45"
date_strip = datetime.strptime(date, '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M').date()
ordinal = date_strip.toordinal()
# ordinal = 736305
normal_date = datetime.fromordinal(ordinal)
# normal_date = 2016-12-07 00:00:00 not 2016-12-07 17:45:00
</code></pre>

<p>whats wrong? ca they help me please?</p>