Question: Convert datetime to long number

[Gerrit Holl]

Gerrit Holl schreef op zondag 25 mei om 11:41:57 +0000:
> > >>> x=datetime.utcnow(); a=time.time()
> > >>> x,a
> > (datetime.datetime(2003, 5, 25, 2, 2, 32, 540000), 1053828152.54)
> > >>>
> > 
> > what function f I can apply to x such that  f(x) will return 1053828152.54 ?
> 
> You can use the strftime method, and pass "%s" as entry:
> 
> datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime("%s")
> 
> Note that strftime returns an int, not a float.

Note:

you may want to subclass datetime. This only works as of python 2.3b2,
because this bug was fixed on May, 17th:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=720908&group_id=5470&atid=105470

I noticed this when I tried to subclass datetime to create a totimestamp()
method.

yours,
Gerrit.

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