Django Python - Convert to datetime from Wed Dec 14 2016 14:39:16 GMT+0300 (AST)

Question

I have a function in my backend and I receive the date from the front end in the formart Wed Dec 14 2016 14:39:16 GMT+0300 (AST)

date = request.body['date']
d = datetime.strptime(date, '%a %b %d %Y %X %Z%z')

I know strptime converts to the datetime object but I keep getting the following

'z' is a bad directive in format '%a %b %d %Y %X %Z%z'

What should my string format be?

Check [this post](http://stackoverflow.com/a/8525115/2549021) to know how to use `python-dateutil` for parsing date time with timezone info. — AKS, Dec 14 '16 at 12:01
Possible duplicate of [Python strptime() and timezones?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3305413/python-strptime-and-timezones) — AKS, Dec 14 '16 at 12:35

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '16 at 12:32

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You can do like this:

from dateutil import parser
parser.parse("Wed Dec 14 2016 14:39:16 GMT+0300 (AST)")

answered Dec 14 '16 at 12:32

Adilet Maratov

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