How to convert datetime to time float (unix timestamp) in Python 2
Use this snippet to convert a datetime.datetime object into a float (like the one time.time() returns) in Python 2.x:
datetime_to_timestamp_example.py
from datetime import datetime
import time
dt = datetime.now()
timestamp = time.mktime(dt.timetuple()) + dt.microsecond/1e6datetime_to_timestamp_snippet.py
After running this, timestamp will be `1563812373.1795` for example.
or use this function:
```python
from datetime import datetime
import time
def datetime_to_timestamp(dt):
return time.mktime(dt.timetuple()) + dt.microsecond/1e6datetime_to_timestamp_func.py
In Python 3, you can simply use
```python
dt.timestamp()but that is not supported in Python 2.
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