python strptime format with optional bits

Question

Right now I have:

timestamp = datetime.strptime(date_string, \'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f\')

This works great unless I\'m converting a string tha

Answer 1

You could use a try/except block:

try:
    timestamp = datetime.strptime(date_string, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')
except ValueError:
    timestamp = datetime.strptime(date_string, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')