An incorrect result when converting date-time into unix timestamp

Asked Aug 02 '22 at 17:19

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I have this date-time in UTC/GMT

'2016-02-10T15:10:00.000Z'

I want to convert it into unix timestamp. Here it is:

from datetime import timezone, datetime
# ....

dt1 = '2016-02-10T15:10:00.000Z'
dt2 = dt1.replace('T', ' ').replace('.000Z', '')
unix_ts1 = datetime.fromisoformat(dt2).timestamp()

===>

1455124200.0

However, that's incorrect, and the correct result should've been 1455117000000 (ms) or 1455117000 (sec)

What's the matter?

edited Aug 02 '22 at 17:22

asked Aug 02 '22 at 17:19

Kum

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Does this answer your question? [How do I parse an ISO 8601-formatted date?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/127803/how-do-i-parse-an-iso-8601-formatted-date) – fynmnx Aug 02 '22 at 17:21
@lynmx no!!!!!!!!!! – Kum Aug 02 '22 at 17:22
It's being parsed in your local timezone, not UTC, so it's off by 2 hours. – Barmar Aug 02 '22 at 17:23
@Barmar how to make it parse it in UTC/GMT? – Kum Aug 02 '22 at 17:23
Don't remove the `Z` timezone code? – Barmar Aug 02 '22 at 17:25
@Barmar try it youself to be able to see an issue – Kum Aug 02 '22 at 17:27
I think lots of the answers to the linked question show how to do it. – Barmar Aug 02 '22 at 17:28
Looks like you need to use `strptime()` instead of `fromisoformat()` – Barmar Aug 02 '22 at 17:29

An incorrect result when converting date-time into unix timestamp

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