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import arrow

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thing = '11/18/2013 - 14:31'
'Mon, 11/18/2013 - 14:38'
'DDD, MM/DD/YYYY - HH:mm'


Out[5]:
'DDD, MM/DD/YYYY - HH:mm'

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arrow.get(thing, 'MM/DD/YYYY - HH:mm')


Out[6]:
<Arrow [2013-11-18T14:31:00+00:00]>

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