Python | Sort list of dates given as strings

import pandas as pd
# Example list of date strings
dates = ["24 Jul 2017", "25 Jul 2017", "11 Jun 1996", "01 Jan 2019", "12 Aug 2005", "01 Jan 1997"]
# Convert the list of dates into a pandas Series
s1 = pd.Series(dates)
# Convert the strings to datetime objects and sort
s2 = s1.apply(pd.to_datetime, format='%d %b %Y').sort_values()
# Convert sorted datetime objects back to the string format
s3 = s2.dt.strftime('%d %b %Y').tolist()
print(s3)

from datetime import datetime
# Example list of date strings
dates = ["24 Jul 2017", "25 Jul 2017", "11 Jun 1996", "01 Jan 2019", "12 Aug 2005", "01 Jan 1997"]
# Sorting using sorted() and converting string to datetime object
s1 = sorted(dates, key=lambda x: datetime.strptime(x, '%d %b %Y'))
# Converting datetime objects back to string format
s2 = [datetime.strftime(datetime.strptime(d, '%d %b %Y'), '%d %b %Y') for d in s1]
print(s2)

from datetime import datetime
# Example list of date strings
dates = ["24 Jul 2017", "25 Jul 2017", "11 Jun 1996", "01 Jan 2019", "12 Aug 2005", "01 Jan 1997"]
# Sorting the list in place using list.sort() and datetime conversion
dates.sort(key=lambda x: datetime.strptime(x, '%d %b %Y'))
# Output the sorted list
print(dates)