Python does not match format '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z.%f'

Question

I tried to convert string into a datetime object in Python, and I can't find anything wrong with my format %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z.%f .

import datetime
datetime.datetime.strptime('2019-11-19T17:22:23.171833', '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z.%f')


  File "/var/lang/lib/python3.7/_strptime.py", line 577, in _strptime_datetime
    tt, fraction, gmtoff_fraction = _strptime(data_string, format)
  File "/var/lang/lib/python3.7/_strptime.py", line 359, in _strptime
    (data_string, format))

ValueError: time data '2019-11-19T17:22:23.171833' does not match format '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z.%f'

Answer 1

Your format should be:

'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f'

Answer 2

This looks like isoformat, so consider to use the special case convenience :

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> datetime.fromisoformat('2019-11-19T17:22:23.171833')
datetime.datetime(2019, 11, 19, 17, 22, 23, 171833)

Answer 3

%Z - Time zone name (empty string if the object is naive).

Should this be included?