Sort logs by /bin/date output

sort-logs-date.py

text = '''Tue Jan 19 14:00:42 EST 2016
real	0m2.491s
Sun Jan 17 21:46:41 EST 2016
real	0m15.013s
Mon Jan 18 00:49:33 EST 2016
real	0m15.039s
Sun Jan 17 23:49:16 EST 2016
real	0m15.024s
Mon Jan 18 02:50:38 EST 2016
real	0m15.020s
Tue Jan 19 11:58:42 EST 2016
real	0m17.481s'''

lines = []

prev_line = ''
for line in text.split('\n'):
    if line.startswith('real'):
        lines.append('{}\n{}'.format(prev_line, line))
    else:
        prev_line = line

def lines_sort_func(line):
    return datetime.datetime.strptime(line.split('\n')[0], '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y')

lines.sort(key=lines_sort_func)

for line in lines: print(line)
'''
Sun Jan 17 21:46:41 EST 2016
real0m15.013s
Sun Jan 17 23:49:16 EST 2016
real0m15.024s
Mon Jan 18 00:49:33 EST 2016
real0m15.039s
Mon Jan 18 02:50:38 EST 2016
real0m15.020s
Tue Jan 19 11:58:42 EST 2016
real0m17.481s
Tue Jan 19 14:00:42 EST 2016
real0m2.491s
'''