title: ValueError: Error parsing datetime string NumPy
body: <p>I am trying to convert this string date into a date format in a NumPy array.  I am using the datetime64 datatype cast off to seconds and receive this error.  My code is below.  I would like to write the numpy datatype as a date type to my database.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import json
  import jsonpickle
  import requests
  import arcpy
  import numpy as np    #NOTE THIS
  import random
  import timestring
  
  
  
  
  fc = "C:\MYLATesting.gdb\MYLA311Copy"
  if arcpy.Exists(fc):
    arcpy.Delete_management(fc)
  
  
  
  
  
  f2 = open('C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\DetailView.json', 'r')
  data2 = jsonpickle.encode( jsonpickle.decode(f2.read()) )
  
  url2 = "myURL"
  headers2 = {'Content-type': 'text/plain', 'Accept': '/'}
  
  r2 = requests.post(url2, data=data2, headers=headers2)
  decoded2 = json.loads(r2.text)
  
  
  dt = np.dtype([('SRAddress', 'U40'),
                  ('LatitudeShape', '&lt;f8'),
                  ('LongitudeShape', '&lt;f8'),
                  ('Latitude', '&lt;f8'),
                  ('Longitude', '&lt;f8'),
                  ('Type', 'U40'),
                  ('SRNumber', 'U40'),
                  ('FirstName', 'U40'),
                 ('LastName', 'U40'),
                 ('HomePhone', 'U40'),
                  ('CreateDate', 'datetime64[S]'),
                 ('Comment', 'U128'),
                  ('ItemInfo', 'U128'),
                  ('DayTest', 'U128'),
                  ('DistrictName', 'U128'),
                  ('ShortDay', 'U128'),
                  ('ParentNumber', 'U128'),
                  ('A_Call_No','U128'),
                  ('Area', 'U128'),
                  ('DirectionSuffix','U128'),
                  ('DistrictAbbr', 'U128'),
                  ('DistrictNumber', 'U128'),
                  ('DistrictOffice', 'U128'),
                  ('Fraction', 'U128'),
                  ('R_Call_No', 'U128'),
                  ('SectionId', 'U128'),
                  ('StreetTo', 'U128'),
                  ('StreetFrom', 'U128'),
                  ('StreetLightId', 'U128'),
                  ('StreetLightStatus', 'U128'),
                  ('Y_Call_No', 'U128'),
                  ('CommunityPlanningArea', 'U128'),
                  ('LastUpdatedBy', 'U128'),
                  ('BOSRadioHolderName', 'U128'),
                  ])
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  items = []
  for sr in decoded2['Response']['ListOfServiceRequest']['ServiceRequest']:
      SRAddress = sr['SRAddress']
      Latitude = sr['Latitude']
      Longitude = sr['Longitude']
      SRNumber = sr['SRNumber']
      FirstName = sr['FirstName']
      LastName = sr['LastName']
      HomePhone = sr['HomePhone']
      CreatedDate = sr['CreatedDate']
  
  
      print CreatedDate
  
  
      ItemInfo = " "
  
      for ew in sr["ListOfLa311ElectronicWaste"][u"La311ElectronicWaste"]:
              CommodityType = ew['Type']
              ItemType = ew['ElectronicWestType']
              ItemCount = ew['ItemCount']
              ItemInfo += '{0},  {1}, '.format(ItemType, ItemCount)
              ParentNumber = ew['Name']
  
  
  
  
      for GIS in sr["ListOfLa311GisLayer"][u"La311GisLayer"]:
              Day = GIS['Day']
              DistrictName = GIS['DistrictName']
              ShortDay = GIS['ShortDay']
              A_Call_No = GIS['A_Call_No']
              Area = GIS['Area']
              DirectionSuffix = GIS['DirectionSuffix']
              DistrictAbbr = GIS['DistrictAbbr']
              DistrictNumber = GIS['DistrictNumber']
              DistrictOffice = GIS['DistrictOffice']
              Fraction = GIS['Fraction']
              R_Call_No = GIS['R_Call_No']
              SectionId = GIS['SectionId']
              StreetFrom = GIS ['StreetFrom']
              StreetTo = GIS ['StreetTo']
              StreetLightId = GIS ['StreetLightId']
              StreetLightStatus = GIS['StreetLightStatus']
              Y_Call_No = GIS ['Y_Call_No']
              CommunityPlanningArea = GIS['CommunityPlanningArea']
              LastUpdatedBy = GIS['LastUpdatedBy']
              BOSRadioHolderName = GIS['BOSRadioHolderName']
  
  
  
  
      comments =  [ cl['Comment'] for cl in sr["ListOfLa311ServiceRequestNotes"][u"La311ServiceRequestNotes"]]
      print comments
      Comment = ' '.join(comments)
  
  
  items.append((SRAddress,
                            Latitude,
                           Longitude,
                            Latitude,
                            Longitude,
                            CommodityType,
                            SRNumber,
                           FirstName,
                            LastName,
                            HomePhone,
                            CreatedDate,
                            Comment,
                            ItemInfo,
                            Day,
                            DistrictName,
                            ShortDay,
                            ParentNumber,
                           A_Call_No,
                          Area,
                          DirectionSuffix,
                          DistrictAbbr,
                          DistrictNumber,
                          DistrictOffice,
                          Fraction,
                          R_Call_No,
                          SectionId,
                          StreetFrom,
                          StreetTo,
                          StreetLightId,
                          StreetLightStatus,
                          Y_Call_No,
                          CommunityPlanningArea,
                          LastUpdatedBy,
                          BOSRadioHolderName
  ))
  
  
  arr = np.array(items,dtype=dt)
  sr = arcpy.SpatialReference(4326)
  
  
  arcpy.da.NumPyArrayToFeatureClass(arr, fc, ['longitudeshape', 'latitudeshape'], sr )
  
  
  print json.dumps(decoded2, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
  
    File "C:/Users/Administrator/Desktop/DevSummitJSON_PySeminar.py", line 166, in &lt;module&gt;
      arr = np.array(items,dtype=dt)
  ValueError: Error parsing datetime string "02/17/2015 16:53:25" at position 2
  </code></pre>