Formatter for Reporter App dates

reporter-app-date-formatter.py

import datetime
import pytz

def format_report_date(date_or_nsdate):
    formatted = None
    if type(date_or_nsdate) is float:
        try:
            reference_date = datetime.datetime(2001, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, pytz.utc).strftime('%s')
            formatted = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(long(reference_date) + date_or_nsdate)
        except e:
            pass
    else:
        offset = date_or_nsdate[-5:]
        offset = map(int, [offset[:3], offset[-2:]])
        offset_delta = datetime.timedelta(hours=offset[0], minutes=offset[1])
        formatted = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_or_nsdate[:-5], '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S') + offset_delta
        
    return formatted