How to convert current date to epoch timestamp?

Question

How to convert current date to epoch timestamp ?

Format current date:

29.08.2011 11:05:02

Answer 1

That should do it

import time

date_time = '29.08.2011 11:05:02'
pattern = '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S'
epoch = int(time.mktime(time.strptime(date_time, pattern)))
print epoch