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Asked: 2026-06-09T05:45:47+00:00

I am trying to parse timestamp strings containing timezone information. When I execute the

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I am trying to parse timestamp strings containing timezone information. When I execute the following on Python 2.5

from datetime import datetime
datetime.strptime("20120805-18:30:00 EST", "%Y%m%d-%H:%M:%S %Z")

I get:

ValueError: time data did not match format:  data=20120805-18:30:00 EST  fmt=%Y%m%d-%H:%M:%S %Z

However I change “EST” to “JST” the line executes fine (working on a Japan server). Also one more thing I noticed was time.tzname returns a list with only ‘JST’.

Is there a way to be able to parse all the usual timezones?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can try to employ http://pytz.sourceforge.net/ for this. Standard datetime doesn’t know EST/PST.

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