> I'd like to start with two dates as strings, as > "1961/06/16 04:35:25" and "1973/01/18 03:45:50" > How do I get the strings into a shape that will accommodate a difference?
Pyfdate http://www.ferg.org/pyfdate/index.html has a numsplit function that should do the trick: http://www.ferg.org/pyfdate/tutorial.html#contents_item_14 It splits a string into its numeric parts and return a list containing the numeric parts converted to ints. >>> from pyfdate import * >>> numsplit("2007_10_09") [2007, 10, 9] >>> numsplit("2007-10-09T23:45:59") [2007, 10, 9, 23, 45, 59] >>> numsplit("2007/10/09 23.45.59") [2007, 10, 9, 23, 45, 59] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list