[Tutor] Converting String to Datetime

[Kent Johnson]

Ed Singleton wrote:
> I seem to have a lot of questions today.  Sorry.
> 
> How can I convert a string in the format "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" into a
> datetime object?
> 
> I can work out how to convert it to a time object by:
> 
> import time
> timestring = "2005-09-01 12:30:09"
> time_format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
> mytime = time.strptime(timestring,time_format)
> 
> I can't seem to work out how to convert the time object into a
> datetime object...

Try datetime.datetime(*mytime[:6])

Gee, two questions in one day where the answer is, "Use extended 
function call syntax" ;)

Kent