[issue2736] datetime needs and "epoch" method

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

Le Saturday 15 November 2008 02:15:30 Alexander Belopolsky, vous avez écrit :
> I don't think changing fromtimestamp behavior is an option.

It's too late to break the API (Python3 is in RC stage ;-)), but we can create 
new methods like:
   datetime.fromepoch(seconds, microseconds=0)    # (int/long, int)
   datetime.toepoch() -> (seconds, microseconds)  # (int/long, int)

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