Converting a string to a datetime

Question

I've got a python string like this "2012/04/08 13:31:00 UTC" How can I convert it to a datetime object?

@Jakob Bowyer I read in the manual about striptime thinking it would work but it seemed difficult for me to use. Now I see how to do it. Thank you for the comment. — Niklas Rosencrantz
– Niklas Rosencrantz, Commented Apr 15, 2012 at 14:48

garnertb · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-15 14:41:03Z

from datetime import datetime datetime.strptime("2012/04/08 13:31:00 UTC", "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S %Z")

returns the datetime object:

datetime.datetime(2012, 4, 8, 13, 31)

Levon · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-15 14:37:26Z

2

How about this?

from dateutil.parser import parse parse('2012/04/08 13:31:00 UTC')

gives

datetime.datetime(2012, 4, 8, 13, 31, tzinfo=tzutc())

answered Apr 15, 2012 at 14:37

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2 Comments

It's worth noting that dateutil is not a standard library, and thus could limit the portability. (Although it is great for the job..)

@Tim Good point, and worth pointing out - thanks. This just fits and is easy to use)