> > ValueError: unconverted data remains: this is the remainder of the log > > line > > that I do not care about
you could catch the ValueError and split at the ':' in the .args attribute to find the extra data. you could then find the extra data in the original string, use the index to remove it, and re-parse the time. ugly, but should work. andrew -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
