time.parseLocal
time.parseLocal(string)
Converts a string representing a local time into an internal UTC datetime object. If no time zone is present in the string it will use the time zone of the appliance.
A wide range of date formats are supported including:
European formats
- dd.mm.yyyy
- dd/mm/yyyy
- dd-mm-yyyy
US formats
- mm/dd/yyyy
- mm-dd-yyyy
ISO formats
- yyyy/mm/dd
- yyyy-mm-dd
- yyyymmdd
Literal formats
- day, month, year
- month, day, year
Additionally, the following formats are supported and they are tried in order to find the first match:
Format | Description |
|---|---|
dmy1 | European date parser (dd.mm.yyyy) |
ymd3 | US style ISO date parser (yyyy/mm/dd) |
mdy1 | US date parser (mm/dd/yyyy) |
mdy2 | Alternative US date parser (mm-dd-yyyy) |
ymd1 | ISO date parser (yyyy-mm-dd) |
ymd2 | Alternative ISO date parser (yyyymmdd) |
dmy2 | Alternative European date parser 1 (dd/mm/yyyy) |
dmy3 | Alternative European date parser 2 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
lit1 | Literal date parser (day, month order) |
lit2 | Alternative literal date parser (month, day order) |
unknown | No date part was found, defaultdate was used |
If the passed date string cannot be parsed, time.parseLocal simply returns the the current date.