#
# NEPI, a framework to manage network experiments
# Copyright (C) 2013 INRIA
#
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# Author: Alina Quereilhac
import datetime
import re
_strf = "%Y%m%d%H%M%S%f"
_reabs = re.compile("^\d{20}$")
_rerel = re.compile("^(?P