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On 12/11/2012 01:08 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> That sort of statement will get you either amusement or ire, depending
> on the respondent. From me, amusement, because there are enough
> "common American date formats" for you to feel you've done a thorough
> test.

Also what I meant was common "english language" formats.  Such as:

1 Apr 2013
April 1, 2013
Apr 1
Apr 2013
1st of April, 2013
April of 2013
5pm on August 3

http://labix.org/python-dateutil#head-a23e8ae0a661d77b89dfb3476f85b26f0b30349c