[Tutor] time.strptime in Active State Python 2.1

[Kojo Idrissa]

Thanks Allan, this looks like just what I was looking for.  I'll bring this 
module over to my Win2K partition and add it to my list of "Reasons to use 
Linux more".

:-)


At 03:21 AM 6/12/2001 +0100, you wrote:
> > I know about the STRFTIME function, but according to Python Ess. Ref,
> > there's also a STRPTIME function.  Maybe it was in 1.5.2 and it's gone 
> in 2.1.
>
>Sorry, I actually bothered to look at the time documentation in this time. :)
>
>It's very rare that they would remove a function from a module.
>
>The good news is strptime still exists. The bad news is, it's only 
>available on "most Unix systems".
>
>Take a look for yourself at: 
>http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html
>
> > If that's the case, how do I go about taking a string representinig a
> > certain time and turn it into a tuple  of the same form as returned by
> > LOCALTIME?
>
>Ahh. Well, it's not provided in standard python, so you have to use 
>modules elsewhere.
>
>I've had a look for you, and this one might be of use:
>
>http://www.fukt.hk-r.se/~flognat/hacks/strptime.py
>
>HTH,
>Allan.
>
>
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