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

I've coded up a parser for the ISO 8601 standard and put it on GitHub: https://github.com/boxed/iso8601. This implementation supports everything in the specification except for durations, intervals, periodic intervals, and dates outside the supported date range of Python's datetime module.

Tests are included! :P