Thank you to everyone who replied to this thread.
The python code from Mark below worked nicley to convert
the date formats. My imported archives are visiable in
Mailman.
--Karl
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 17:43:15 -0800
Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The method in the FAQ is much more complete than the
>following, but it
> is also more cumbersome if you don't already have
>formail and procmail
> installed.
>
>For a one time Quick and dirty to convert:
>
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:02:08 -0500
>
> to
>
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 1 15:02:08 2005
>
> You can try the following:
>
> python script.py <old_mbox >new_mbox
>
> where script.py is between the dashed lines
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> import sys
> import time
>
> for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
> if line.startswith('From '):
> fields = line.split()
> date = ' '.join(fields[2:7])
> try:
> t = time.strptime(date, '%a, %d %b %Y
>%H:%M:%S')
> newtime = time.asctime(t)
> line = ' '.join(fields[0:2] + [newtime] +
>['\n'])
> except ValueError:
> pass
>
> sys.stdout.writelines([line])
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> (I should add this to the FAQ)
>
> --
> Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for
>gamblers,
> San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your
>sense - B. Dylan
>
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