in _strptime raise ValueError("time data %r does not match format %r" %
In [20]: d
Out[20]: 'Oct. 30, 2014, 6:17 a.m.'
In [34]: from dateutil import parser
In [35]: date_obj = parser.parse(d)
In [36]: date_obj
Out[36]: datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 30, 6, 17)