python datetime strptime wildcard

Question

I want to parse dates like these into a datetime object:

• December 12th, 2008
• January 1st, 2009

The following will work for the first d

Answer 1

You need Gustavo Niemeyer's python_dateutil -- once it's installed,

>>> from dateutil import parser
>>> parser.parse('December 12th, 2008')
datetime.datetime(2008, 12, 12, 0, 0)
>>> parser.parse('January 1st, 2009')
datetime.datetime(2009, 1, 1, 0, 0)
>>>