How to handle timezone offset when parsing date in Python?

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I was looking at this reference but couldn't find how to handle the timezone offset (e.g. +0200) when parsing a string into date in Python.

My date string example is Thu Apr 17 10:50:39 2014 +0200.

If it were just Thu Apr 17 10:50:39 2014, the pattern %a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y when using datetime.strptime.

Can I and how do I represent the offset in the date parse pattern?

dorvak · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-23 17:17:56Z

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There is no offset-template in the strptime-function, afaik. You could use dateutils for this one:

from dateutil.parser import parse
d=parse("Thu Apr 17 10:50:39 2014 +0200")

answered Apr 23, 2014 at 17:17

dorvak

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