Convert UNIX timestamp to str and str to UNIX timestamp in python [duplicate]

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For example:

I want to convert UNIX timestamps 1385629728 to str "2013-11-28 17:08:48",
and convert str "2013-11-28 17:08:48" to UNIX timestamps 1385629728.

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– erbdex, Commented Nov 28, 2013 at 9:18

Yarkee · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28 09:15:41Z

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Do it as below:

#-*-coding:utf-8-*-

import datetime, time

def ts2string(ts, fmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"):
    dt = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts)
    return dt.strftime(fmt)

def string2ts(string, fmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"):
    dt = datetime.datetime.strptime(string, fmt)
    t_tuple = dt.timetuple()
    return int(time.mktime(t_tuple))

def test():
    ts = 1385629728

    string = ts2string(ts)
    print string

    ts = string2ts(string)
    print ts

if __name__ == '__main__':
    test()

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 9:15

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Sudipta · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28 09:21:04Z

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You should use datetime.

>>> import datetime
>>> print(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int("1385629728")).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
2013-11-28 14:38:48
>>> print int(datetime.datetime.strptime('2013-11-28 14:38:48', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').strftime("%s"))
1385629728

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 9:21

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erbdex · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28 09:16:09Z

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import time 

# where epoch is your epoch time value 
time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", 
                        time.localtime(epoch))

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answered Nov 28, 2013 at 9:16

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