How to convert current date to epoch timestamp

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How to convert current date to epoch timestamp    Format current date   29 08 2011 11 05 02

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I think this answer needs an update and the solution would go better this way.

from datetime import datetime

datetime.strptime("29.08.2011 11:05:02", "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S").strftime("%s")

or you may use datetime object and format the time using %s to convert it into epoch time.

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Assuming you are using a 24 hour time format   import time  t   time mktime time strptime  29 08 2011 11 05 02     d  m  Y  H  M  S

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Use strptime to parse the time  and call time   on it to get the Unix timestamp

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if you want UTC try some of the gm functions   import time import calendar  date time    29 08 2011 11 05 02  pattern     d  m  Y  H  M  S  utc epoch   calendar timegm time strptime date time  pattern   print utc epoch

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Short-hand to convert python date datetime to Epoch  without microseconds   int current date strftime   s      2020-01-14  --- gt  1578956400 int current datetime strftime   s      2020-01-14 16 59 30 251176 ----- gt  1579017570

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Your code will behave strange if  TZ  is not set properly  e g   UTC  or  Asia Kolkata   So  you need to do below   gt  gt  gt  import time  os  gt  gt  gt  d  2014-12-11 00 00 00   gt  gt  gt  p   Y- m- d  H  M  S   gt  gt  gt  epoch   int time mktime time strptime d p     gt  gt  gt  epoch 1418236200  gt  gt  gt  os environ  TZ    UTC   gt  gt  gt  epoch   int time mktime time strptime d p     gt  gt  gt  epoch 1418256000

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import time def expires           return a UNIX style timestamp representing 5 minutes from now        return int time time   300

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from time import time  gt  gt  gt  int time    1542449530    gt  gt  gt  time   1542449527 6991141  gt  gt  gt  int time    1542449530  gt  gt  gt  str time    replace          154244967282    But Should it not return     15424495276991141

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That should do it  import time  date time    29 08 2011 11 05 02  pattern     d  m  Y  H  M  S  epoch   int time mktime time strptime date time  pattern    print epoch

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