datetime object from string

[Douglas Douglas]

Hi everybody.

I need to create a datetime object from a string like "20/01/2005 15:10:01". I
know the mxDateTime module can do this with the DateTimeFrom method, but I was
wondering if is possible to do this using only the standard library.

I read the datetime object reference but didn't find a method that does it
directly.

Is it possible to do it with the standard library?

Thanks all.

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[Raymond Hettinger]

Re: datetime object from string

Douglas Douglas wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi everybody.
>
> I need to create a datetime object from a string like "20/01/2005 15:10:01". I
> know the mxDateTime module can do this with the DateTimeFrom method, but I was
> wondering if is possible to do this using only the standard library.
>
> I read the datetime object reference but didn't find a method that does it
> directly.
>
> Is it possible to do it with the standard library?[/color]

Here's one way:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> import time, datetime
>>> s = '20/01/2005 15:10:01'
>>> time_tuple = time.strptime(s , "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")
>>> datetime.dateti me(*time_tuple[:6])[/color][/color][/color]
datetime.dateti me(2005, 1, 20, 15, 10, 1)

http://docs.python.org/lib/datetime-datetime.html

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html

Raymond