Python strptime parsing year without century: assume prior to this year?

Question

I am parsing some datetime strings in Python 2.7, using datetime.strptime. I want to assume that a date is prior to now.

But strptime\'s %y operator do

Answer 1

It's easy to fix after the fact:

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
dt = datetime.strptime(...)
if dt > datetime.now():
    dt -= timedelta(years=100)