get datetime.datetime object from str(datetime.datetime)

gistfile1.py

def get_datetime(timestamp):
    """
    Returns a datetime object from str(datetime.datetime).
    """


    ctor        = []
    timestamp   = timestamp.split()
    date        = [ int(i) for i in timestamp[0].split('-') ]
    time        = [ int(i) for i in timestamp[1].replace('.', ':').split(':') ]

    ctor.extend(date)
    ctor.extend(time)
    return eval('datetime.datetime(%d, %d, %d, %d, %d, %d, %d)' % tuple(ctor))