title: Twitter created_at convert epoch time in python
body: <p>I have this date from Twitter:</p>
  
  <pre><code>created_at = "Wed Aug 29 17:12:58 +0000 2012"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to convert it to a time using something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>time.mktime(created_at)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>TypeError: argument must be 9-item sequence, not str
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong?</p>