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the default value is ``1900-01-01T00:00:00.000``: any components not specified
in the format string will be pulled from the default value.

.. note::
Format strings without separators can be ambiguous for parsing. For
example, ``%Y%m%d`` parses the string ``2026111`` as ``2026-11-01``,
not ``2026-01-11``. Use separators to ensure the input is parsed as intended.
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.. note::
When used to parse partial dates lacking a year, :meth:`.datetime.strptime`
and :meth:`.date.strptime` will raise when encountering February 29 because
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