How to remove unconverted data from a Python datetime object

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Unless you want to rewrite strptime (a very bad idea), the only real option you have is to slice end_date and chop off the extra characters at the end, assuming that this will give you the correct result you intend.

For example, you can catch the ValueError, slice, and try again:

def parse_prefix(line, fmt):
    try:
        t = time.strptime(line, fmt)
    except ValueError as v:
        if len(v.args) > 0 and v.args[0].startswith('unconverted data remains: '):
            line = line[:-(len(v.args[0]) - 26)]
            t = time.strptime(line, fmt)
        else:
            raise
    return t

For example:

parse_prefix(
    '2015-10-15 11:33:20.738 45162 INFO core.api.wsgi yadda yadda.',
    '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
) # -> time.struct_time(tm_year=2015, tm_mon=10, tm_mday=15, tm_hour=11, tm_min=33, ...

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