How do I convert these strings:
one hour ago
three days ago
two weeks ago
yesterday
next month
into Python datetime object?
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1somewhat related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11340963/natural-language-time-parser – Jon Clements Dec 14 '13 at 19:05
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Maybe do some research and incorporate it into your question. – Marcin Dec 14 '13 at 19:07
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Jon Clements: thanks for the link. – flowfree Dec 14 '13 at 19:28
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Just found parsedatetime for parsing human readable date/time text from the link provided by Jon Clements. Here is a solution in case you interested:
from time import mktime
from datetime import datetime
import parsedatetime as pdt
time_str = '1 hour ago'
cal = pdt.Calendar()
dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(mktime(cal.parse(time_str)[0]))
time_formatted = dt.strftime('%b %d, %Y %H:%M')
print(time_formatted) # will print something like: Dec 15, 2013 02:10
Also see this question: python 'x days ago' to datetime
