yearfrom datetime import datetime
import time
iimport datetime

tstr = '2012-12-29 13:49:37'
print tstr
tdatetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(tstr, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
tdate = datetime.date(tdatetime.year, tdatetime.month, tdatetime.day)
print tdatetime.year
print tdatetime.month
print tdatetime.day
print tdatetime.hour
print tdatetime.minute
print tdate
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$ python date2.py
2012-12-29 13:49:37
2012
12
29
13
49
2012-12-29