why not datetime.strptime() ?

[josh at yucs.org]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 08:06:56AM -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> 
>     Skip> I just checked in your changes.  Thanks for the effort.
> 
> Jeez Skip...  That reads poorly.  How about "Thanks for your contribution"?
> In any case, thanks.

My pleasure. Thanks for helping me to help. And I liked the first thanks
just fine (the "checked in" was the important part :) ).