Message 91256 - Python tracker

When trying to use datetime.strptime %z directive got an unexpected error.

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> 
>>> fecha = u'Sun Aug 02 19:01:25 +0000 2009'
>>> datetime.strptime(fecha, '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 317, in _strptime
    (bad_directive, format))
ValueError: 'z' is a bad directive in format '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %z %Y'