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python-3.x
aniruddha saundattikar
aniruddha saundattikar

Reputation: 23

converting timestamp to datetime in python

I have a timestamp which is coming from a remote Linux box. This is the timestamp 1356354496. When I am using the fromtimestamp function I am getting a different output then what it should be.

Example:

from datetime import datetime
import time
print(time.ctime(int("1356354496")))
cwStartTimeDisplay=datetime.fromtimestamp(int("1356354496")).strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
print(cwStartTimeDisplay)

Output

Mon Dec 24 05:08:16 2012 Mon Dec 24 05:08:16 2012

Whereas I should be getting 12/24/2012 6:38:16 PM. I am a beginner and don't really know if tz parameter is the answer to this. Can anybody help please?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2372

Answers (1)

mata
mata

Reputation: 69012

Your timestamp seems to be UTC, so if you need id represented in IST, you need to convert it.

The recommended library to work with timezone data in python is pytz

from datetime import datetime
import pytz
ist = pytz.timezone("Asia/Kolkata")

utcdate = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(1356354496))
print("UTC:", utcdate)
istdate = ist.normalize(utcdate)
print("IST:", istdate)

# or shorter:
date = datetime.fromtimestamp(1356354496, ist)
print("IST:", date)

output:

UTC: 2012-12-24 13:08:16+00:00
IST: 2012-12-24 18:38:16+05:30
IST: 2012-12-24 18:38:16+05:30

Upvotes: 3

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