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Migration Source YML File import date string into date and time field of content type

I have a json file full of data exported from a wordpress site, one field being a string representing a date and time: “03/15/2012 14:46:19”. I would like to import that string into a date and time field of a drupal 8 content type.

I am using a Migration from Source YML file.

fields:  -   name: date   label: 'Date'   selector: date

Then in process:

process:   field_press_release_date: date        # is it as easy as this?

Is there a special plug in I’m not seeing listed on: https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/api/migrate-api/migrate-process-plugins

I see format date, but couldn’t get any format to work. I have complete control over the format of the date string, I have to do some processing of data from wordpress before drupal so I can do pretty much whatever is needed, if it really is as easy as setting the date_field to the date_string from the fields list, what format does date_string need to be in?

I cannot find a simple example of importing a string into a date and time field, thank you for any assistance!

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