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Python (Scripting) - epoch date and time

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time can be used to return epoch time, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1st 1970 on a Linux system.

#!/usr/bin/python3
import time
print(f"current epoch = {time.time()}")

 

Something like this should be returned. In this example, 1701837790 seconds have elapsed since January 1st, 1970.

current epoch = 1701837790.605019

 

datetime can be used to convert epoch into a datetime object.

#!/usr/bin/python3
import time
from datetime import datetime
print(f"current epoch = {time.time()}")
datetime_object = datetime.fromtimestamp(time.time())
print(f"datetime_object = {datetime_object}")

 

Something like this should be returned.

current epoch = 1701837790.605019
datetime_object = 2023-12-05 22:34:44.592326



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