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"Colin J. Williams" wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Tyler Eaves wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Nicola Mingotti wrote:
<p>> import time
<br>> t = time.time()
<br>> # t is the number you asked for
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<br>> If you want to know more about this look at
<br>> the "time" module .
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<br>> bye.
<p>The problem is that you can only represent dates from 1970 - 2030-someting
<br>that way.</blockquote>
<p><br>I believe Oracle uses Julian dates, with an epoch starting at 4712
BC.
<p>It's a bit peculiar in that it was coined for astronomers and thus the
<br>days start at mid-day
<p>datetime doesn't appear to provide this.
<p>Colin W</blockquote>
<p><br>PS mxDate may met your need, see <A HREF="http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxDateTime.html">http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxDateTime.html</A>
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