converteer python string date naar mysql datetime

month_of_the_year = ['Ene', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Abr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Ago', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']

def convert_to_mysql_format(string):
  explode = string.split()
  day_of_the_month = explode[2][:-1]
  if int(explode[2][:-1]) < 10:
    day_of_the_month = "%02d" % (int(explode[2][:-1]),)

  if explode[5] == 'am':
    time_split = explode[4].split(':')
    if time_split[0] == '12':
      time_split[0] = '00'
    elif int(time_split[0]) < 10:
      time_split[0] = "%02d" % int(time_split[0])

  else:
    time_split = explode[4].split(':')
    if int(time_split[0]) in range(1, 12):
      time_split[0] = str(int(time_split[0]) + 12)


  if month_of_the_year.index(explode[1]) < 12:
    explode[1] = "%02d" % (month_of_the_year.index(explode[1])+1)

  return explode[3]+'-'+explode[1]+'-'+day_of_the_month+' '+time_split[0]+':'+time_split[1]+':00'

print convert_to_mysql_format("Lun Ene 27, 2014 9:52 am")
print convert_to_mysql_format("Lun Ene 27, 2014 9:52 pm")

2014-01-27 09:52:00
27-01-2014 21:52:00