How to convert this string to Unix time?

Question

How to convert this string to Unix time? t = '20160224122738'

I can write a function to do this, but wanted to know if there was an already-existing simple method that I could use.

Yes. Read [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/466366/3991164). — flaschbier, Feb 24 '16 at 14:35
Possible duplicate of [Convert string date to timestamp in Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9637838/convert-string-date-to-timestamp-in-python) — Savad KP, Feb 24 '16 at 14:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '16 at 14:36

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An easy way that comes to mind would be:

>>> import time
>>> import datetime
>>> t = '20160224122738'
>>> time.mktime(datetime.datetime.strptime(t, "%Y%m%d%H%M%S").timetuple())
1456309658.0

answered Feb 24 '16 at 14:36

Alexander Ejbekov

Savad KP · Answer 2 · 2016-02-24T14:49:54.080

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Try this,

>>> import datetime
>>> t = '20160224122738'
>>> int(datetime.datetime.strptime(t, '%Y%m%d%H%M%S').strftime("%s"))
1456297058

edited Feb 24 '16 at 14:49

answered Feb 24 '16 at 14:39

Savad KP

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