Convert an RFC 3339 time to a standard Python timestamp

Question

Is there an easy way to convert an RFC 3339 time into a regular Python timestamp?

I\'ve got a script which is reading an ATOM feed and I\'d like to be able to compar

Answer 1

try this, it works fine for me

datetime_obj =  datetime.strptime("2014-01-01T00:00:00Z", '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')

or

datetime_obj = datetime.strptime("Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:41:40 GMT", '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT')