string to datetime parser?

[beza1e1]

Is there a library which can parse strings and output a datetime
object? It should be as magical as possible and allow things like:
12:30
tomorrow
10.10.2005
02-28-00
28/03/95
1995-03-28
1996.Feb.29 (Thu) 16:45:23.7

Is there anything like that out there? My Google can't find anything
useful ...

[Fuzzyman]

Re: string to datetime parser?

On 7 Jan 2006 21:00:34 -0800, "beza1e1"
<andreas.zwinka u@googlemail.co m> wrote:
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>Is there a library which can parse strings and output a datetime
>object? It should be as magical as possible and allow things like:
>12:30
>tomorrow
>10.10.2005
>02-28-00
>28/03/95
>1995-03-28
>1996.Feb.29 (Thu) 16:45:23.7
>
>Is there anything like that out there? My Google can't find anything
>useful ...[/color]

There is a module called DateUtil which will do *most* of what you
want. (Possibly all).

I can't recall the URL, but google should turn it up for you.

All the best,


Fuzzyman
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml

[Sybren Stuvel]

Re: string to datetime parser?

beza1e1 enlightened us with:[color=blue]
> Is there a library which can parse strings and output a datetime
> object?[/color]

If you're happy with a mx.DateTime object, take a look at its parser.

Sybren
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[Tim Roberts]

Re: string to datetime parser?

"beza1e1" <andreas.zwinka u@googlemail.co m> wrote:
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>Is there a library which can parse strings and output a datetime
>object? It should be as magical as possible and allow things like:
>12:30
>tomorrow
>10.10.2005
>02-28-00
>28/03/95[/color]

And given 10/03/95, is that a date in mid-March, or in early October?
--
- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[beza1e1]

Re: string to datetime parser?

A good solution may be to specify a language to determine the order.
The default would be (something like) "en-US" and thus early October in
the example.

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Re: string to datetime parser?

beza1e1 wrote:[color=blue]
> Is there a library which can parse strings and output a datetime
> object? It should be as magical as possible and allow things like:
> 12:30
> tomorrow
> 10.10.2005
> 02-28-00
> 28/03/95
> 1995-03-28
> 1996.Feb.29 (Thu) 16:45:23.7
>
> Is there anything like that out there? My Google can't find anything
> useful ...[/color]

http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxDateTime.html

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