month_of_the_year = ['Ene', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Abr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Ago', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
def convert_to_mysql_format(string):
explode = string.split()
day_of_the_month = explode[2][:-1]
if int(explode[2][:-1]) < 10:
day_of_the_month = "%02d" % (int(explode[2][:-1]),)
if explode[5] == 'am':
time_split = explode[4].split(':')
if time_split[0] == '12':
time_split[0] = '00'
elif int(time_split[0]) < 10:
time_split[0] = "%02d" % int(time_split[0])
else:
time_split = explode[4].split(':')
if int(time_split[0]) in range(1, 12):
time_split[0] = str(int(time_split[0]) + 12)
if month_of_the_year.index(explode[1]) < 12:
explode[1] = "%02d" % (month_of_the_year.index(explode[1])+1)
return explode[3]+'-'+explode[1]+'-'+day_of_the_month+' '+time_split[0]+':'+time_split[1]+':00'
print convert_to_mysql_format("Lun Ene 27, 2014 9:52 am")
print convert_to_mysql_format("Lun Ene 27, 2014 9:52 pm")
2014-01-27 09:52:00
2014-01-27 21:52:00