How to parse date time string with timezone abbreviated name in Python

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\\n votefavoriI'm trying to parse timestamp strings like "Sat, 11/01/09 8:00PM EST" in Python, but I'm having trouble finding a solution that will handle the abbreviated timezone.

I'm using dateutil's parse() function, but it doesn't parse the timezone. Is there an easy way to do this?

Nov 27, 2018 in Python by Anirudh
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The parse() function in dateutil can't handle time zones. The thing I've been using is the %Z formatter and the time.strptime() function. I have no idea how it deals with the ambiguity in time zones, but it seems to tell the difference between CDT and CST, which is all I needed.

Background: I store backup images in directories whose names are timestamps using local time, since I don't have GMT clocks handy at home. So I use time.strptime(d, r"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S_%Z") to parse the directory names back into an actual time for age analysis.
answered Nov 27, 2018 by Nymeria
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