parse_date function

Parse date/time

Can be used to parse dates appearing in http response headers such as Expires or Last-Modified. Automatically recognizes most common formats. If the format is known, strptime()

might be easier.

parse_date(datestring)

Arguments

• datestring: a string consisting of a timestamp

Examples

# Parse dates in many formats
parse_date("Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT")
parse_date("06 Nov 1994 08:49:37")
parse_date("20040911 +0200")