from datetime import datetime


def change_datetime_format(the_datetime):
    """Change the format of the datetime value to a true python datetime value."""

    year = int(the_datetime[:4])
    month = int(the_datetime[5:7])
    day = int(the_datetime[8:10])
    try:
        hour = int(the_datetime[11:13])
        minutes = int(the_datetime[14:16])
        seconds = int(the_datetime[17:19])
    except ValueError:
        hour = 9
        minutes = 0
        seconds = 0
    the_datetime = datetime(year, month, day, hour, minutes, seconds)

    return the_datetime