Python Timestamp (timestamp)

In this article, you will learn how to convert a timestamp to a datetime object, and a datetime object to a timestamp (through examples).

It is common to store dates and times as timestamps in databases. Unix timestamp is the number of seconds from a specific date in UTC to1970 years1months1seconds between days.

Example1: Python timestamp to date and time

from datetime import datetime
timestamp =　1545730073
dt_object = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
print("dt_object =", dt_object)
print("type(dt_object) =", type(dt_object))

When running the program, the output is:

dt_object =　2018-12-25　09:27:53
type(dt_object) = <class 'datetime.datetime'>

Here, we gotdatetimeThe datetime class was imported from the module. Then, we used the datetime.fromtimestamp() class method, which returns the local date and time (datetime object). The object is stored indt_objectin variables.

Note:You can usestrftime()The method can easily create a string representing the date and time from a datetime object.

Example2: Python date and time to timestamp

You can use the datetime.timestamp() method to get the timestamp from a datetime object.

from datetime import datetime
# Current date and time
now = datetime.now()
timestamp = datetime.timestamp(now)
print("Timestamp =", timestamp)