Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@l0kix2

l0kix2/parse_debian_date.py

Last active April 14, 2017 13:48
Show Gist options
  • Save l0kix2/56b1b782e7d3a234ed56fe014b07d518 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save l0kix2/56b1b782e7d3a234ed56fe014b07d518 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Download ZIP
Raw
parse_debian_date.py
EXAMPLE_DEBIAN_DATE_WITHOUT_TZ = 'Thu, 06 Apr 2017 20:44:53'
EXAMPLE_DEBIAN_DATE_TZ = '+0300'
FORMAT_WITHOUT_TZ = '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S'
import datetime
import pytz
def parse_debian_date(date_str):
"parse debian format date in naive datetime.datetime in UTC timezone"
date_str_without_tz, tz_piece = date_str[:len(EXAMPLE_DEBIAN_DATE_WITHOUT_TZ)], date_str[-len(EXAMPLE_DEBIAN_DATE_TZ):]
parsed = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str_without_tz, FORMAT_WITHOUT_TZ)
tz_hours, tz_minutes = int(tz_piece[1:2]), int(tz_piece[3:4])
delta = datetime.timedelta(hours=tz_hours, minutes=tz_minutes)
if tz_piece[0] == '+':
parsed -= delta
else:
parsed += delta
return parsed
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment