I don't get the same results:
>>> import datetime, time
>>> ta1=(time.strptime('000001', '%H%M%S'))
>>> ta2=(time.strptime('230344', '%H%M%S'))
>>> t1=time.mktime(ta1)
>>> t2=time.mktime(ta2)
>>> print t1, t2
-2208988799.0 -2208905776.0
>>> print t1-t2
-83023.0Suse 9.3, python 2.4 (all 64bit) Matt -- | Matt Hammond | R&D Engineer, BBC Research and Development, Tadworth, Surrey, UK. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
