Python: Convert Dictionary of String Times to Date Times
<p>I have a dictionary <code>alerts[]</code> which includes the key <code>alert_date</code>. All dates/times are stored as strings. I am displaying the date in Django, but templates can't format time stored as a sting. So, I want to convert it in my view as such: </p>

<pre><code>foo = "2014-10-07 00:00:00"
bar = datetime.strptime(foo, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
</code></pre>

<p>But, I want to convert all the dictionary time values at once. I'm grabbing the dictionary as JSON through an API call. I want to do something like this (which is obviously invalid code):</p>

<pre><code>alerts = resp_data['alerts']
for v in alerts['alert_date']:
    v = datetime.strptime(v, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
</code></pre>

<p>//EDIT:
The JSON response is a dictionary which contains <code>alerts</code>, which is a list of dictionaries as follows:</p>

<pre><code>{"alerts": [
    {
      "key1": "value11",
      "key2": "value12",
      "key3": "value13",
      "alert_date": "2014-06-05 01:00:23.633000",
    },
    {
      "key1": "value21",
      "key2": "value22",
      "key3": "value23",
      "alert_date": "2010-12-31 00:00:00",
    }
]}
</code></pre>