Is it possible to construct a Python date using only standard libs with a http string timestamp

Question

I have string timestamps like this:

"Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:03:38 GMT"

I couldn't see anything in python docs but I might have missed it.

Or if not, I assume I could do some parsing of the string - because it has a set format. any pointers on how to get started would be helpful.

The dates are RFC 822 compliant.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '13 at 13:53

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Yes! You need to use strptime()

import time
time.strptime("30 Nov 00", "%d %b %y")

Here is the link to the documentation:

answered Jul 31 '13 at 13:53

Charlie

I did this in the end: testdate = datetime.datetime.strptime(s, '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT') where s is string. – Angus Comber Jul 31 '13 at 15:49

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