Parse RFC2822 date strings into datetime object

gistfile1.py

class FixedOffset(tzinfo):
	"""Fixed offset in minutes east from UTC."""
	def __init__(self, offset, name):
		self.__offset = timedelta(minutes=offset)
		self.__name = name
	def utcoffset(self, dt):
		return self.__offset
	def tzname(self, dt):
		return self.__name
	def dst(self, dt):
		return ZERO

def parseRFC2822Date(dateString):
	result = None

	try:
		result = datetime.strptime(dateString, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z")
		return result
	except:
		pass

	try:
		result = datetime.strptime(dateString[0:-6], "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S")
		offset = int(dateString[-6:])

		if (offset <> 0):
			offset = int(offset/100) * 60 + (int(dateString[-2:]))
			result = result.replace(tzinfo=FixedOffset(offset, dateString[-6:]))
	except:
		print "Date parse error"

	return result