Convert RFC2822 Date Format to Python's datetime

Python
2011-06-08 01:23 (13 years ago) ytyng
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
Function to convert RFC2822 format date to Python's datetime
Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:32:25 +0000
Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:21:23 +0900

Execution result:
2011-06-08 01:21:23.824852
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Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:21:23 +0900

Reference: http://mitc.xrea.jp/diary/096
"""

import datetime
import email.utils

def parse_date_string_to_datetime(date_string_rfc822):
    """
    Parse an RFC2822 formatted date and convert it to
    a JST aware datetime
    """
    timetuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(date_string_rfc822)
    d = datetime.datetime(*timetuple[:7]) # native
    d -= datetime.timedelta(seconds=timetuple[-1])
    d = d.replace(tzinfo=UTC()).astimezone(JST())
    return d # aware

class UTC(datetime.tzinfo):
    def utcoffset(self, dt):
        return datetime.timedelta(0)
    def dst(self, dt):
        return datetime.timedelta(0)
    def tzname(self, dt):
        return "UTC"

class JST(datetime.tzinfo):
    def utcoffset(self,dt):
        return datetime.timedelta(hours=9)
    def dst(self,dt):
        return datetime.timedelta(0)
    def tzname(self,dt):
        return "JST"

def demo():
    # test
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    print(now)
    s = now.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0900") # can't use %z because it's native
    print s
    parsed = parse_date_string_to_datetime(s)
    print(parsed)
    print(parsed.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")) # can use %z because it's aware

if __name__ == '__main__':
    demo()
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