Converting a string to a formatted date-time string using Python

Question

I\'m trying to convert a string \"20091229050936\" into \"05:09 29 December 2009 (UTC)\"

>>>import time
>>>s = time.strptime(\"200912290509         


        

Answer 1

time.strptime returns a time_struct; time.strftime accepts a time_struct as an optional parameter:

>>>s = time.strptime(page.editTime(), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
>>>print time.strftime('%H:%M %d %B %Y (UTC)', s)

gives 05:09 29 December 2009 (UTC)