How to parse this timestamp?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

gnu.gcc.help schrieb:
> I've got timestamps in a file that look like:
> 
> [19-Aug-2007 07:38:43+216ms NZST]
> 
> How can I parse them?  I don't see any way to build a strftime()
> format string that can handle the +216ms part. The best I can see is
> tearing it all apart with a regex, but I'm trying to avoid that pain
> if I can.
> 
> (PS: I have no clue why google groups thinks it should put
> "gnu.gcc.help" on the from line)
> 
Then don't use the regexes. Use string.split to separate the string on 
the +, then parse the left part with strptime, and usp pytz and 
datetime.timedelta to do the rest.

Diez