converting epoch time to string (and vice versa)

[Amit Khemka]

On 3/13/07, Astan Chee <stanc at al.com.au> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a string in this format "DD/MM/YYY" for example:
> tdate = "18/01/1990"
> and Im trying to convert this to epoch time, can anyone help?

import calendar
t = map(int,tdate.split('/'))
epochs = calendar.timegm((t[2], t[1], t[0], 0, 0, 0))

> Im also trying to convert that epoch time to the string format
> previously. Can anyone help this one too?

import time
time.ctime(epochs)

cheers,
amit.

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