Python list sort in descending order

In one line, using a lambda:

timestamps.sort(key=lambda x: time.strptime(x, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')[0:6], reverse=True)

Passing a function to list.sort:

def foo(x):
    return time.strptime(x, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')[0:6]

timestamps.sort(key=foo, reverse=True)

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