Getting strange behavior in in-app python session

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Screen Link:
https://app.dataquest.io/m/353/working-with-dates-and-times-in-python/5/using-strptime-to-parse-strings-as-dates

My Code: 

date_format = '%m/%d/%y %H:%M'

for row in potus[0:2]:
    appt_start_date = row[2]
    print(row)
    appt_start_date = dt.datetime.strptime(appt_start_date,date_format)
    print(appt_start_date)
    row[2] = appt_start_date
    print(row)
    print("---------------------")

What I expected to happen:

['Joshua T. Blanton', '2014-12-18T00:00:00', '1/6/15 9:30', '1/6/15 23:59', '', 'potus', 'west wing', 'JointService Military Honor Guard']
2015-01-06 09:30:00
['Joshua T. Blanton', '2014-12-18T00:00:00', '2015-01-06 09:30:00', '1/6/15 23:59', '', 'potus', 'west wing', 'JointService Military Honor Guard']
---------------------
['Jack T. Gutting', '2014-12-18T00:00:00', '1/6/15 9:30', '1/6/15 23:59', '', 'potus', 'west wing', 'JointService Military Honor Guard']
2015-01-06 09:30:00
['Jack T. Gutting', '2014-12-18T00:00:00', '2015-01-06 09:30:00', '1/6/15 23:59', '', 'potus', 'west wing', 'JointService Military Honor Guard']
---------------------

What actually happened:

['Joshua T. Blanton', '2014-12-18T00:00:00', '1/6/15 9:30', '1/6/15 23:59', '', 'potus', 'west wing', 'JointService Military Honor Guard']
2015-01-06 09:30:00
['Joshua T. Blanton', '2014-12-18T00:00:00', datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 6, 9, 30), '1/6/15 23:59', '', 'potus', 'west wing', 'JointService Military Honor Guard']
---------------------
['Jack T. Gutting', '2014-12-18T00:00:00', '1/6/15 9:30', '1/6/15 23:59', '', 'potus', 'west wing', 'JointService Military Honor Guard']
2015-01-06 09:30:00
['Jack T. Gutting', '2014-12-18T00:00:00', datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 6, 9, 30), '1/6/15 23:59', '', 'potus', 'west wing', 'JointService Military Honor Guard']
---------------------

It appears to storing the command rather than the value???

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