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I'm trying to convert Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:19:08 -0700 (PDT) into a datetime object. It's currently unicode

This is my first time doing this but it isn't working:

time = 'Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:19:08 -0700 (PDT)'
date_object = datetime.strptime(time, %a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %X (%Z))

I am getting this error:

  File "quickstart1.py", line 206
    date_object = datetime.strptime(time, %a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %X (%Z))

Are you certain that's the full error message?

Andras Deak -- Слава Україні
– Andras Deak -- Слава Україні

2016-04-04 00:21:34 +00:00
Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 0:21 — Andras Deak -- Слава Україні
– Andras Deak -- Слава Україні, Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 0:21

Philip I · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-03 22:25:32Z

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>>> from dateutil.parser import parse
>>> date_object = parse(time)

answered Apr 3, 2016 at 22:25

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-03 22:12:30Z

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Strings must be strings.

date_object = datetime.strptime(time, '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %X (%Z)')

answered Apr 3, 2016 at 22:12

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dropWizard Over a year ago

ahh ok. Got this error: sre_constants.error: redefinition of group name 'H' as group 8; was group 5. What is group 8 or 5?

Ozgur Vatansever Over a year ago

@MorganAllen are you using Python 3?

dropWizard Over a year ago

I thought I was. But when I checked, 2.7.10 (default, Oct 23 2015, 18:05:06) is running. However, I have to do print('test') instead of print test....

Ozgur Vatansever Over a year ago

So you should use a third party named python-dateutil to parse a date string with timezone information. Maybe this might help: stackoverflow.com/questions/9433851/…

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