UTC Timestamp to normal timestamp?

Question

I was trying the following code:

time.mktime(datetime.datetime.strptime("2016-10-17 02:35:01+00:00",
                                       "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z"))

It was returning the error:

ValueError: time data '2016-10-17 02:35:01+00:00' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z'

`Doesn't match` what is the output you want? We need details in your question in order to answer — techydesigner, Oct 17 '16 at 05:41
I was trying the following code time.mktime(datetime.datetime.strptime("2016-10-17 02:35:01+00:00" ,"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z")) It was returning the error ValueError: time data '2016-10-17 02:35:01+00:00' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z' — Josemon Maliakal, Oct 17 '16 at 05:46
please give the correct format for converting 2016-10-17 02:35:01+00:00 — Josemon Maliakal, Oct 17 '16 at 05:46
It's always helpful to include the stack trace or error message you're seeing. Even better, provide an [MCVE](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve) we can run directly. — dimo414, Oct 17 '16 at 05:46
removed space returns the following error removed ValueError: time data '2016-10-17 02:35:01+00:00' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z' — Josemon Maliakal, Oct 17 '16 at 05:49
Please **EDIT** your post and keep important info out of the comments section — techydesigner, Oct 17 '16 at 05:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '16 at 05:58

If you are not very familiar with the datetime directives, I will suggest you to use dateutil.parser instead. For example:

>>> import dateutil.parser
>>> s = '2016-10-17 02:35:01+00:00'
>>> my_date = dateutil.parser.parse(s)
>>> my_date
datetime.datetime(2016, 10, 17, 2, 35, 1, tzinfo=tzutc())

UTC Timestamp to normal timestamp?

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