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

I have been doing a deep dive in dateimes and RFC3339 and recently come across the arrow library and have just used and solved my problem:

import arrow

date_string = "2015-11-24 00:00:00+00:00"
my_datetime = arrow.get(date_string).datetime