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strange timestamp and timedelta formats - how to convert them?

I am using external api which returns dates (as strings) in a strange format:

2012-09-26T15:44:10.376000 #timestamp
0:00:01.714000 #delta (some time duration)

I want to convert them to this format:

19 Sep 2012 17:02
0:17:34

Is there easy way to do this? I can convert them in my view or in template

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I found solution for timestamp:

date_str = '2012-09-26T15:44:10.376000'
date = datetime.strptime(date_str.split('.')[0],'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
str = date.strftime('%m %b %Y %H:%M')
Solution

  • Install dateutil and then:

    >>> import dateutil.parser
>>> dt = dateutil.parser.parse('2012-09-26T15:44:10.376000')
>>> dt.strftime('%d %b %Y %H:%M')
'26 Sep 2012 15:44'

    For django, you can pass the dt object to your template and use the date filter:

    {{ dt|date:"d b Y H:M" }}