Tim Peters wrote: > [Simen Haugen] > >>> How can I convert a python datetime to a timestamp? It's easy to convert > >>> a timestamp to datetime (datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(), but the > >>> other way around...?) > > [John Machin] > >> Is the timetuple() method what you want? > >> > >> #>>> import datetime > >> #>>> n = datetime.datetime.now() > >> #>>> n > >> datetime.datetime(2006, 8, 11, 23, 32, 43, 109000) > >> #>>> n.timetuple() > >> (2006, 8, 11, 23, 32, 43, 4, 223, -1) > > [also John] > > Aaaarrrggghhh no it's not what you want > > Yes, it is ;-) > > > -- looks like you have to do the arithmetic yourself, starting with > > toordinal() > > It's just one step from the time tuple: > > import time > time.mktime(some_datetime_object.timetuple()) >
Thanks, Tim. In mitigation, yer honour, I'd like to draw your attention to the local time (23:32); the defendant was rushing to do the OP's RTFantasticM for him before retiring for the night, and not doing it well enough :-) Cheers, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
