# Convert amazon ion objects into elixir types

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/convert-amazon-ion-objects-into-elixir-types/27949>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** erlang, python\
**Created:** [January 2, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/convert-amazon-ion-objects-into-elixir-types/27949 "2020-01-02T16:22:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![fuelen](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/fuelen/32/9870_2.png) [@fuelen](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/fuelen)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/convert-amazon-ion-objects-into-elixir-types/27949/4 "2020-01-02T17:05:44Z")

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It is not a json, it contains own data structures, like datetime in UTC `retrieved_on:2019-12-21T00:00:00.000000-00:00`, so Jason isn’t able to parse this.

@joges you need your own parser or just do deserialization into JSON on python side.

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