Error in converting datetime from string to datetime object in python

Question

I am converting a date in the string to datetime object like this

datetime_object = datetime.strptime('2019-07-01T07:52:48.337-0700', '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f-%Z')

Here I'm not understanding what the 0700 is? Is it timezone? Isn't %Z or %z the right directive for that?

DeepSpace · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-01 11:33:12Z

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The - is part of the timezone offset -0700 (the %z directive, lowercase z), you should not have it in the format string:

datetime_object = datetime.strptime('2019-07-01T07:52:48.337-0700',
                                    '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z') # no - between %f and %z

%Z (uppercase Z) is for timezone name (UTC, EST, etc..)

answered Aug 1, 2019 at 11:33

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Aditya Jha Over a year ago

It says ValueError: 'z' is a bad directive in format '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z'

Aditya Jha Over a year ago

Oh just got to know that Python 2 does't support offsets. Thanks.

DeepSpace Over a year ago

@AdityaJha Then consider upgrading to Python 3

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