Convert to UTC Timestamp

Question

//parses some string into that format.
datetime1 = datetime.strptime(somestring, \"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S\")

//gets the seconds from the above date.
timestamp1 = time.mk         


        

Answer 1

datetime.utcfromtimestamp is probably what you're looking for:

>>> timestamp1 = time.mktime(datetime.now().timetuple())
>>> timestamp1
1256049553.0
>>> datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp1)
datetime.datetime(2009, 10, 20, 14, 39, 13)