python strptime format with optional bits
You could use a try/except block:
try: timestamp = datetime.strptime(date_string, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')except ValueError: timestamp = datetime.strptime(date_string, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
What about just appending it if it doesn't exist?
if '.' not in date_string: date_string = date_string + '.0'timestamp = datetime.strptime(date_string, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')
I'm late to the party but I found if you don't care about the optional bits this will lop off the .%f for you.
datestring.split('.')[0]