Hello, When I try this, I get the following error:
☹ python * master 697cedfitools" Python 2.7.2 (default, Jan 28 2012, 14:53:22) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import dateutil.parser as dparser >>> test = '<a href="javascript:c_ol(\'5393637\')" title="click date time to >>> show origin_list (evid=5393637)">2009/05/25 00:54:45</a>' >>> dparser.parse(test, fuzzy=True) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/Users/khinester/.virtualenvs/itools/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.1.0-py2.7-macosx-10.5-intel.egg/dateutil/parser.py", line 697, in parse return DEFAULTPARSER.parse(timestr, **kwargs) File "/Users/khinester/.virtualenvs/itools/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib-1.1.0-py2.7-macosx-10.5-intel.egg/dateutil/parser.py", line 303, in parse raise ValueError, "unknown string format" ValueError: unknown string format i basically have a list, like: TABLE_CONTENT = [['958','<a id="958F" href="javascript:c_row(\'958\')" title="go to map"><img src="/images/c_map.png" border="0"></a>','USA','Atmospheric','<a href="javascript:c_ol(\'958\')" title="click date time to show origin_list (evid=958)">1945/07/16 11:29:45</a>','33.6753','-106.4747','','-.03','21','','','TRINITY',' ',' ','<a href="javascript:c_md(\'958\')" title="click here to show source data">SourceData</a>',' '],['959','<a id="959F" href="javascript:c_row(\'959\')" title="go to map"><img src="/images/c_map.png" border="0"></a>','USA','Atmospheric','<a href="javascript:c_ol(\'959\')" title="click date time to show origin_list (evid=959)">1945/08/05 23:16:02</a>','34.395','132.4538','','-.58','15','','','LITTLEBOY',' ',' ','<a href="javascript:c_md(\'959\')" title="click here to show source data">SourceData</a>',' '] ..... ] from which i want to extract the date and time any advice much appreciated. -- %>>> "".join( [ {'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,None) or chr(97+(ord(c)-83)%26) for c in ",adym,*)&uzq^zqf" ] ) _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor