Simple translator between 'mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss' object and python datetime object.

timeparse.py

import datetime as dt

def date_parser(datestring):
  """
  Accepts a datestring in the format:
      mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss
  and returns a python datetime object with all relevant fields properly set.
  """
  mdy = [int(x) for x in datestring.split(' ')[0].split('/')]
  hms = [int(x) for x in datestring.split(' ')[1].split(':')]
  return dt.datetime(year=mdy[2],month=mdy[0],day=mdy[1],hour=hms[0],minute=hms[1],second=hms[2])