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whoisearth
whoisearth

Reputation: 4170

python - convert UTC timestamp to unixtime

I'm trying to convert my timestamp to unixtime paying attention to it not being UTC however the unixtime is incorrect.

import time
import datetime
from dateutil.parser import parse

time_str = '2017-03-09T15:44:40.000-05:00'

time_obj = parse(time_str)

print time_obj

unixtime = time.mktime(time_obj.timetuple())

print unixtime

The unixtime it returns is 1489092280.0 which represents to 03/09/2017 @ 8:44pm (UTC) when what I want is 1489074280.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1323

Answers (2)

user4815162342
user4815162342

Reputation: 155416

time.mktime expects a broken-down local time and treats input as such, i.e. converts it to UTC and then builds a seconds-since-epoch timestamp. Since you already have the broken-down UTC time, you need to call calendar.timegm instead:

>>> unixtime = calendar.timegm(time_obj.timetuple())
>>> print unixtime
1489074280

Upvotes: 4

Błotosmętek
Błotosmętek

Reputation: 12927

I believe your result was correct. 15:44 in -05:00 timezone is 20:44 (ie. 8:44 pm) in UTC.

Upvotes: 0

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