In [1]:
xa = [1, 2, 3]
xa.append([4, 5])
print (xa)


[1, 2, 3, [4, 5]]

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xe = [1, 2, 3]
xe.extend({4, 5})
print (xe)


[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

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import time
timestamp = [
    "2010-04-20 10:07:30",
    "2010-04-20 10:07:38",
    "2010-04-20 10:07:52",
    "2010-04-20 10:08:22",
    "2010-04-20 10:08:22",
    "2010-04-20 10:09:46",
    "2010-04-20 10:10:37",
    "2010-04-20 10:10:58",
    "2010-04-20 10:11:50",
    "2010-04-20 10:12:13",
    "2010-04-20 10:12:13",
    "2010-04-20 10:25:38"
]

In [4]:
timestamp.sort(key=lambda x: time.strptime(x, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')[0:6],
    reverse=True)

In [5]:
print (timestamp)


['2010-04-20 10:25:38', '2010-04-20 10:12:13', '2010-04-20 10:12:13', '2010-04-20 10:11:50', '2010-04-20 10:10:58', '2010-04-20 10:10:37', '2010-04-20 10:09:46', '2010-04-20 10:08:22', '2010-04-20 10:08:22', '2010-04-20 10:07:52', '2010-04-20 10:07:38', '2010-04-20 10:07:30']

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