Convert dates with python

Question

I'm scraping dates like this from facebook.

"3 hrs ago"
"Yesterday at 9:34 AM"
"March 24 at 11:30 AM"

I need to convert them to basic 24h date format "26.3.2019 9:34"

Answer 1

Have you tried to import and use datetime?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466345/converting-string-into-datetime

Answer 2

I'd suggest using regex to find expressions like "xy hrs ago" or "Yesterday at x:yz AM/PM" and calculating the time offset with datetime.timedelta. I played around with regex a bit:

https://code.sololearn.com/cPsgJMwgGPmG/?ref=app