converting a timezone-less datetime to seconds since the epoch

[Chris Withers]

Hey Chris,

Chris Rebert wrote:
>> def timestamp(dttm):
>>    return time.mktime(dttm.timetuple())
> 
> from calendar import timegm
> 
> def timestamp(dttm):
>     return timegm(dttm.utctimetuple())
> #the *utc*timetuple change is just for extra consistency
> #it shouldn't actually make a difference here

Ah, right. What on earth is timegm doing in calendar?
No way I ever would have thought to look there...

I wonder what the best way to get this stuff documented in the datetime 
modules docs is?

Chris

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