# import datetime weekday_names = ["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"] month_names = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"] def parse_date(datestring): date, time = datestring.split(" ", 2) year, month, day = date.split("-", 3) year = int(year) month = int(month)-1 day = int(day) hour, minute, second = time.split(":",3) hour = int(hour) minute = int(minute) second = int(second) return datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second) def formated_date(date): return "%s %d %d, %d:%02d:%02d" % (month_names[date.month], date.day, date.year, date.hour, date.minute, date.second) insert_date = parse_date(entry.attributes['insert_date']) print '