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

What about just appending it if it doesn't exist?

if '.' not in date_string:
    date_string = date_string + '.0'

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