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Python datetime / dateutil parsing dates example
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| import datetime | |
| import dateutil.parser | |
| timestring1 = '2007-03-04T21:08:12.127' | |
| timestring2 = '2012-03-04 12:08:12.354' | |
| dt1 = datetime.datetime.strptime(timestring1, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f') | |
| dt2 = datetime.datetime.strptime(timestring2, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f') | |
| dup1 = dateutil.parser.parse(timestring1) | |
| dup2 = dateutil.parser.parse(timestring2) |
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An example format for strings with timezones:
"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z".But anyway it's better to use dateutil.parser.