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from datetime import datetime, timedelta dt1 = datetime.strptime("17/02/2016 6:01:26 am(UTC-08:00)", "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S %p(%Z%z)") 
> Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in > <module> File "C:\Python27\lib\_strptime.py", line 317, in _strptime > (bad_directive, format)) ValueError: 'z' is a bad directive in format '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S %p(%Z%z)'

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  • Use Python3. That fixed it for me ;) Commented Mar 2, 2016 at 20:39
  • Thanks but I can not change the compiler to fix this issue. I have to stick to the current version. Commented Mar 2, 2016 at 20:42
  • Python 2.7 doesn't support %z: hg.python.org/cpython/file/tip/Lib/_strptime.py#l298 Commented Mar 2, 2016 at 20:46
  • Seems like it will only work on python3: stackoverflow.com/questions/2609259/… Commented Mar 2, 2016 at 20:48
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    You can do this in Python 2.7: from dateutil.parser import parse; parse("17/02/2016 6:01:26 am(UTC-08:00)".replace("(UTC"," ")[:-1]) Commented Mar 2, 2016 at 20:52
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