Correct Python datetime FMT

Question

what is wrong with my FMT formatting for datetime? My date is formatted as follows:

mytime = '2021-12-06T13:52:41.864+0000'

I am trying to parse it with

FMT = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f+%Z'

and

FMT = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f+0000'

To be able to do:

datetime.strptime(mytime, FMT)

Both my solutions do not work. Any idea?

Do you get an error, or it just isn't the result you are expecting? Also, how are you importing `datetime` ? — jkoestinger, Mar 17 '22 at 12:47
see also [How do I parse an ISO 8601-formatted date?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/127803/how-do-i-parse-an-iso-8601-formatted-date) — FObersteiner, Mar 17 '22 at 12:53

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 17 '22 at 12:48

2

remove + and use z instead of Z.

from datetime import datetime

mytime = '2021-12-06T13:52:41.864+0000'
datetime.strptime(mytime, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z')

output:

datetime.datetime(2021, 12, 6, 13, 52, 41, 864000, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)

answered Mar 17 '22 at 12:48

JayPeerachai

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '22 at 12:55

0

You're using the wrong timezone directive in your FMT, use %z, not +%Z.

%z: UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM.

answered Mar 17 '22 at 12:55

fannheyward

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