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Hassan Ikram
Hassan Ikram

Reputation: 61

converting epoch time in human readable format

I want to convert epoch time into human readable format, when I am giving random epoch time for example the below one

 epoch1 = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1347517370).strftime('%c')
 print(epoch1)

then this is working fine. But, If i am using my epoch time which i am retrieving through an API. this doesn't work and gives me error

epoch1 = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1563924640001).strftime('%c')
print(epoch1)

what is the issue with this? even if I am passing the variable it doesn't work.

epoch1 = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(epoch).strftime('%c')

I want to get all the epoch time from the API and convert it in human readable format.

Any help highly appreciated

error: 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/kiran.tanweer/Documents/Python Scripts/siem/01_GetOffenses.py", line 1042, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:/Users/kiran.tanweer/Documents/Python Scripts/siem/01_GetOffenses.py", line 953, in main
    epoch1 = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1563924640001).strftime('%c')
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1955

Answers (2)

anjaneyulubatta505
anjaneyulubatta505

Reputation: 11695

Try like below

>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1347517370).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
'2012-09-13 14:22:50' # Local time

In your case 1563924640001 to 156392464000

epoch1 = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(156392464000).strftime('%c')
print(epoch1)
# output: Sun Nov 18 04:36:40 6925

Upvotes: 2

AKX
AKX

Reputation: 169267

You're getting millisecond epoch time from that API.

Divide by 1000 to get seconds which fromtimestamp accepts:

>>> datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1563924640001 / 1000).strftime('%c')
'Wed Jul 24 02:30:40 2019'

Upvotes: 4

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