python正则表达式匹配日期格式_如何使用Python验证特定的日期和时间格式

I am writing a program to validate portions of an XML file. One of the points I would like to validate is a Date Time format. I've read up on the forum about using time.strptime() but the examples weren't quite working for me and were a little over my expertise. Anyone have any ideas how I could validate the following. This is the format the date and time must be in.

2/26/2009 3:00 PM

I am sure there is something built-in and very easy but I can't find. Many thanks if you've run by this before and have suggestions.

解决方案from datetime import datetime

def validate_date(d):

try:

datetime.strptime(d, '%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p')

return True

except ValueError:

return False

print validate_date('2/26/2009 3:00 PM') # prints True

print validate_date('2/26/2009 13:00 PM') # prints false

print validate_date('2/26/2009') # prints False

print validate_date("Should I use regex for validating dates in Python?") # prints False