Name

strptime

Synopsis

strptime(str,fmt='%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y')

Parses str according to format string fmt, and returns the instant in time-tuple format. With Python 2.2 and earlier, strptime is not available on all platforms. However, a pure Python implementation is available at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/Recipe/56036. In Python 2.3, the pure Python implementation will be used as a fallback on platforms that provide no other, so that time.strptime will always be available.

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