Allow sending a string of the encoded datetime instead of having to s…

…end an actual datetime object.
boto · Dec 10, 2009 · ddd1f9c · ddd1f9c
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diff --git a/boto/sdb/db/manager/sdbmanager.py b/boto/sdb/db/manager/sdbmanager.py
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ def decode_float(self, value):
         return float(mantissa + 'e' + exponent)
 
     def encode_datetime(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, str) or isinstance(value, unicode):
+            return value
         return value.strftime(ISO8601)
 
     def decode_datetime(self, value):