How to convert the date time in given format to epoch using python?

Question

I have datetime in following format:

Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 4:10 PM

how to convert it to epoch using python ?

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/466345/converting-string-into-datetime — Penguin Brian, Mar 25 '17 at 05:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 25 '17 at 05:17

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Use datetime from the standard library:

from datetime import datetime

date = "Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 4:10 PM"
print(datetime.strptime(date, "%A, %d %B %Y, %I:%M %p").timestamp())

See here for strptime() behavior and format codes.

answered Mar 25 '17 at 05:17

Tom

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