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RadlyEel
RadlyEel

Reputation: 389

Python print the same timestamp the same anywhere

I'm given a timestamp in seconds, and I 'inherited' a function to print it in human-readable form, but the function is locale-specific; that is, it matters what time zone the host is configured for. I want to print that time as GMT no matter what time zone I'm in. For example, here's the sequence on a computer in Mountain Time (the value 315878400 is a 'magic number'):

>>> import time
>>> secs = 1308512779
>>> tmp = secs + 315878400
>>> print(time.ctime(tmp))
Tue Jun 22 13:46:19 2021

And here it is on a computer in Pacific Time:

>>> import time
>>> secs = 1308512779
>>> tmp = secs + 315878400
>>> print(time.ctime(tmp))
Tue Jun 22 12:46:19 2021

Given the same time in seconds I'd like to run the same code anywhere and get the same string for output. Since I don't control the source of the seconds data itself, it's acceptable to assume it's GMT. Everything I find on the Web is about how to get my local time now, and that's not what this is about. Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 163

Answers (1)

cbrxyz
cbrxyz

Reputation: 105

It sounds like you are describing Unix time. Python makes it very easy to get datetime objects from Unix time!

from datetime import datetime

def convert(timestamp):
    return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp)

print(convert(1308512779))
# prints: 2011-06-19 19:46:19

Upvotes: 1

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