Python timezone '%z' directive for datetime.strptime() not available

Question

Using \'%z\' pattern of datetime.strptime()

I have a string text that represent a date and I\'m perfectly able to parse it and transform it into a clean datetime o

Answer 1

The Answer of Uri is great, saved my life, but when you have USE_TZ = True you need to be careful with the time, for avoid the warning "RuntimeWarning: DateTimeField" is better if you add the utc to the return.

import pytz
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
def dt_parse(t):
    ret = datetime.strptime(t[0:19],'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
    if t[23]=='+':
        ret-=timedelta(hours=int(t[24:26]), minutes=int(t[27:]))
    elif t[23]=='-':
        ret+=timedelta(hours=int(t[24:26]), minutes=int(t[27:]))
    return ret.replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC)