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I am getting

time data '2015-02-10T13:00:00Z' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'

I tried: 

import datetime
datetime.datetime.strptime('2015-02-10T13:00:00Z', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

and 

import time
time.strptime('2015-02-10T13:00:00Z', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

what am I doing wrong?

doniyor
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    Your format balks because you are not handling the `T` and `Z` characters in your input; you have a space instead of the `T` and no timezone handling. – Martijn Pieters Feb 09 '15 at 11:27
  • Isn't it clear that the template you give doesn't match the date/time you're passing? – lurker Feb 09 '15 at 11:27

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As a quick workaround, you could add T and Z characters into the datetime formatting:

import datetime            #          v  note  v
datetime.datetime.strptime('2015-02-10T13:00:00Z', '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
# datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 10, 13, 0)            #        ^  note  ^

But it's better to use something that is able to parse ISO-formatted date & time. For example, dateutil.parser:

import dateutil.parser
dateutil.parser.parse('2015-02-10T13:00:00Z')
# datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 10, 13, 0, tzinfo=tzutc())
Igor Hatarist
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