[Python] How to format a floating point number in engineering notation with zero before...

I am trying to output the data from Python so that the output format matches the output from a FORTRAN code.

When using E format specifier in Python, I get a non-zero leading digit before the decimal dot, i.e.

>>> print("%13.5E" % 3.1415926)
3.14159E+00


This corresponds to ES data edit descriptor in FORTRAN.

Is it possible to instruct Python string formatter to output instead the number with a zero as the first leading digit, i.e.

0.31415E+01


This behavior matches the behavior of E data edit descriptor in FORTRAN.

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