Converting AM/PM Time to epoch

Question

I'm trying to convert a string date to epoch, but it doesn't seem to pick up the am or pm. The time always defaults to am.

I've tried this:

dt = '2015-05-04 5:55PM'
pattern = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M%p'
epochDate = int(time.mktime(time.strptime(dt, pattern)))
print epochDate

# Result
1430684700

# Checking output
datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1430684700).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%p')

# Doesn't show PM
'2015-05-04 05:55:00AM'

I'm not sure what I've done wrong here?

Awesome... that works. I didn't find the duplicate question. Thank you for your help everybody. I guess I need to delete this question? — CocaCola, Apr 28 '15 at 13:33
No need to delete the question, the system will take care of it eventually if necessary. And sometimes it's useful to have differently worded questions if it helps future searchers. — Mark Ransom, Apr 29 '15 at 00:16

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '15 at 13:14

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You should use the python-dateutil library:

>>> import dateutil.parser
>>> dateutil.parser.parse('2015-05-04 5:55PM')
datetime.datetime(2015, 5, 4, 17, 55)
>>> dateutil.parser.parse('2015-05-04 5:55AM')
datetime.datetime(2015, 5, 4, 5, 55)

answered Apr 28 '15 at 13:14

Simeon Visser

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