Convert a set datetime to epoch time

Question

Need to convert the time 00:00:00 of each day to epoch time, below is the code I have:

import datetime
today = datetime.datetime.now()
today_morning = today.strftime('%y%m%d') + "000000"
epoch = int(today_morning.strftime('%s'))
print(epoch)

I get the following error:

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'strftime'

If anyone has any advice, please share it. I have looked around at other answers, but they seem to be for Python 2.X and for the current time, not a predetermined time. I am looking for Python 3.X answers.

Possible duplicate of [Convert python datetime to epoch with strftime](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11743019/convert-python-datetime-to-epoch-with-strftime) — Rakesh, May 30 '18 at 10:52

Laurent H. · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-30T12:47:22.763

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I suggest you the following solution:

import datetime

today = datetime.datetime.now()
today_morning = today.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
epoch = int(today_morning.timestamp())

print(epoch)

edited May 30 '18 at 12:47

answered May 30 '18 at 11:40

Laurent H.

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Works, but two zeros too short, can add them on though, thank you! :) – Sam P May 30 '18 at 12:28
Also have to remove the '.' – Sam P May 30 '18 at 12:39
I updated my post to convert the result into `ìnt`, to avoid the final `.0` printed. It gives the results in seconds. If you need the result in ms, you just have to multiply by 1000. – Laurent H. May 30 '18 at 12:48
Did the same :) Cheers though! – Sam P May 30 '18 at 13:14

Convert a set datetime to epoch time

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