Converting a string to a formatted date-time string using Python
datetime, python, strftime, strptime, time
Solution
`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)`
Problem
I'm trying to convert a string "20091229050936" into "05:09 29 December 2009 (UTC)" ``` >>>import time >>>s = time.strptime("20091229050936", "%Y%m%d%H%M%S") >>>print s.strftime('%H:%M %d %B %Y (UTC)') ``` gives `AttributeError: 'time.struct_time' object has no attribute 'strftime'` Clearly, I've made a mistake: time is wrong, it's a datetime object! It's got a date and a time component! ``` >>>import datetime >>>s = datetime.strptime("20091229050936", "%Y%m%d%H%M%S") ``` gives `AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'strptime'` How am I meant to convert a string into a formatted date-string?