Eliminate "extra" variable

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.3738.1386529877.18130.python-list at python.org>,
 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 08/12/2013 18:58, Tim Chase wrote:
> > On 2013-12-07 23:14, Igor Korot wrote:
> 
> [big snip]
> 
> >
> 
> Whenever I need date manipulations I always reach out to this 
> http://labix.org/python-dateutil

The problem with dateutil is it's dog slow.  Sure, I use it too, when 
convenience is more important than performance, but have you ever looked 
at the code for dateutil.parser.parse()?  It's worth reading, just for 
fun.