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

import re,datetime
s="2008-09-03T20:56:35.450686Z"
d=datetime.datetime(*map(int, re.split('[^\d]', s)[:-1]))