Parse datetime from string in python what can 778 mean?

Question

I need to parse string type value which looks like 017-11-18T05:26:01.778+0000

datetime_object = datetime.strptime(date_in_string, "%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S-%j-%f")

but it gives mistake like

ValueError: time data '2017-11-18T05:26:01.778+0000' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d '

Where is my mistake?

Possible duplicate of [How do I convert local time to UTC in Python?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79797/how-do-i-convert-local-time-to-utc-in-python) — codebender, Nov 25 '17 at 14:44
It looks like there should be a 'T' between %dT%H...https://stackoverflow.com/questions/127803/how-to-parse-an-iso-8601-formatted-date — codebender, Nov 26 '17 at 23:15

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 25 '17 at 14:48

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from dateutil.parser import parse
parse(date_in_string, fuzzy=True)

you have a timezone parameter also in your date, that's the reason of your error

answered Nov 25 '17 at 14:48

armak

for further information on parsing these type of dates you can look https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10298032/parsing-date-and-timestamps-in-python-with-time-strptime-format – armak Nov 25 '17 at 14:49
as useful as dateutil might be, there's no reason to use it to answer the question - providing the correct format string would be much more helpful. – bruno desthuilliers Nov 25 '17 at 15:03

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