heartandsole.time_from_timestring

heartandsole.time_from_timestring(timestring)[source]

Convert TCX- or GPX-formatted time string into a datetime object.

Naively strips any timezone info from the end of the string. An alternative would be to use dateutil.parser.isoparse() to infer a tz-aware datetime object.

Based on XML schema, xsd:dateTime.

Parameters

timestring (str) – A timestamp formatted according to xsd:dateTime

Returns

The timestamp as a datetime object.

Return type

datetime.datetime