strptime defaulting to 1900

Question

from datetime import datetime

datetime.strptime('%b%d  %I:%M%p', 'AUG21  3:26PM')

results with 
1900-08-21 15:26:00

how can I write in pythonic way so that when there's no year, take the current year as default (2013)?

I checked and strftime function doesn't have option to change the default.. maybe another time libraries can do?

thx

Answer 1

Parse the date as you are already doing, and then

date= date.replace(2013)

This is one of simplest solution with the modules you are using.

Thinking better about it, you will probably face a problem next Feb 29.

input= 'Aug21  3:26PM'
output= datetime.datetime.strptime('2013 '+ input ,'%Y %b%d  %I:%M%p')

Answer 2

You can find out today's date to replace year for dynamic replacement.

datetime.strptime('%b%d  %I:%M%p', 'AUG21  3:26PM').replace(year=datetime.today().year)