Python DateTime formatting issue

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I have the below setup to convert the dateTime string from a JSON to a DateTime variable in Python.

datetime_object = datetime.strptime(item.published.strip(), '&a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z')

below is the error, where is my formatting going wrong?

ValueError: time data 'Wed, 21 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +0000' does not match format '&a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z'

Yevhen Kuzmovych · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-23 18:43:44Z

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Two issues. First, you need %z at the end. %Z is a time zone name (like UTC). Second, you have a typo at the start - you need %a instead of &a:

datetime_object = datetime.strptime(item.published.strip(), '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')

answered Jul 23, 2021 at 18:43

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saad_saeed · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-23 18:46:58Z

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You have some mistakes:

%a instead of &a.
%z instead of %Z

Code with correction:

datetime_object = datetime.datetime.strptime(dt.strip(), '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z')

answered Jul 23, 2021 at 18:46

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