import plistlib
import datetime

plist='''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>dtime</key>
	<date>2010-03-16T17:31:14Z</date>
</dict>
</plist>
'''

parsed = plistlib.readPlistFromString(plist)
dtime = parsed['dtime']

assert(isinstance(dtime, datetime.datetime))
datepart = dtime.date()
assert(datepart.year == 2010)
assert(datepart.month == 3)
assert(datepart.day == 16)
timepart = dtime.time()
assert(timepart.second == 14)
assert(timepart.minute == 31)
assert(timepart.hour == 17)
assert(dtime.utcoffset() == 0)
assert(dtime.tzinfo is not None)