Converting unix timestamp string to readable date

Question

I have a string representing a unix timestamp (i.e. \"1284101485\") in Python, and I\'d like to convert it to a readable date. When I use time.strftime, I get a

Answer 1

In Python 3.6+:

import datetime

timestamp = 1579117901
value = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
print(f"{value:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}")

Output

2020-01-15 19:51:41

Explanation

• Line #1: Import datetime library.
• Line #2: Unix time which is seconds since 1970-01-01.
• Line #3: Converts this to a unix time object, check with: type(value)
• Line #4: Prints in the same format as strp.

Bonus

To save the date to a string then print it, use this:

my_date = f"{value:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}"
print(my_date)