time_strptime.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import time


def show_struct(s):
    print ' tm_year   :', s.tm_year
    print ' tm_mon    :', s.tm_mon
    print ' tm_mday   :', s.tm_mday
    print ' tm_hour   :', s.tm_hour
    print ' tm_min    :', s.tm_min
    print ' tm_sec    :', s.tm_sec
    print ' tm_wday   :', s.tm_wday
    print ' tm_yday   :', s.tm_yday
    print ' tm_isdst  :', s.tm_isdst

now = time.ctime()
print 'Now:', now

parsed = time.strptime(now)
print '\nParsed:'
show_struct(parsed)

print '\nFormatted:', time.strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y", parsed)