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tkrajina / gpxpy

gpx-py is a python GPX parser. GPX (GPS eXchange Format) is an XML based file format for GPS tracks.
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reading in gpx waypoint with time element returns class datetime.datetime? #12

Closed seanth closed 11 years ago

seanth commented 11 years ago

Reading in a gpx file with waypoints that have time elements, the time element is returned in the format:

datetime.datetime(2011, 9, 2, 19, 6, 34)

Is that a feature or a bug?

tkrajina commented 11 years ago

"datetime.datetime(2011, 9, 2, 19, 6, 34)" is just a string representation of the standard python object containing time information. This is what gpxpy uses internally. If you need the standard GPX string representation, use:

waypoint.time.strftime(gpxpy.gpx.DATE_FORMAT)