python parsing a datetime with a timezone

Question

I am trying to parse an string from a log file in the format: 2011-06-27 10:29:56+0200

If I use datetime.datetime.strptime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z') I get ValueError("'z' is a bad directive in format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z'") thrown

How can I parse a date in this format?

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4458705/flexible-english-date-phrase-library-for-python — gimel, Jul 04 '11 at 12:31
related: [Convert timestamps with offset to datetime obj using strptime](http://stackoverflow.com/q/12281975/4279) — jfs, Jan 08 '15 at 07:27

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 25 '16 at 19:13

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Try using dateutil.

from dateutil.parser import parse    
dt = parse("2011-06-27 10:29:56+0200")

edited Mar 25 '16 at 19:13

Paul

answered Jul 04 '11 at 12:56

thomson_matt

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