How do I parse an ISO 8601-formatted date?

Question

I need to parse RFC 3339 strings like \"2008-09-03T20:56:35.450686Z\" into Python\'s datetime type.

I have found strptime in the Python sta

Answer 1

Try the iso8601 module; it does exactly this.

There are several other options mentioned on the WorkingWithTime page on the python.org wiki.