Can you please tell me how can I convert this date string to total seconds in python?

Question

This string format is 'years-months-days hours:mins:secs'

'2013-01-01 01:01:01'

Total seconds since? Is this a homework, or assigment? – aIKid Dec 18 '13 at 05:09 — aIKid, Dec 18 '13 at 05:09
but the number of seconds since when? – levi Dec 18 '13 at 05:09 — levi, Dec 18 '13 at 05:09

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '13 at 05:11

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Use

import time
answer = time.mktime(time.strptime(string, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))

answered Dec 18 '13 at 05:11

randomusername

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he doesnt want a date object from a string. – levi Dec 18 '13 at 05:12
Thanks, @randomusername. It's the answer I want. – user806696 Dec 18 '13 at 05:19

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