parse_datetime function added

betfairlightweight/compat.py

@@ -27,13 +27,18 @@ class FileNotFoundError(OSError):
     numeric_types = (int, float)
     integer_types = (int,)
 
+# will attempt to use c libraries if installed
+
 try:
     import ujson as json
 except ImportError:
     import json
 
-try:  # todo
+try:
     import ciso8601
-    parse_datetime = ciso8601.parse_datetime_unaware
+
+    def parse_datetime(datetime_string):
+        return ciso8601.parse_datetime_unaware(datetime_string)
 except ImportError:
-    parse_datetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(None, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ")
+    def parse_datetime(datetime_string):
+        return datetime.datetime.strptime(datetime_string, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ")

betfairlightweight/resources/baseresource.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import datetime
-import ciso8601
 
 from ..compat import (
     basestring,
     integer_types,
     json,
+    parse_datetime,
 )
 
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def strip_datetime(value):
         """
         if isinstance(value, basestring):
             try:
-                return ciso8601.parse_datetime_unaware(value)
+                return parse_datetime(value)
             except ValueError:
                 return
         elif isinstance(value, integer_types):