Timestamps in Python

[b]Convert datetime.datetime object to unix timestamp:[/b] [code] def timestamp(datetime_obj): """ Convert datetime object to timestamp """ if type(datetime_obj) is datetime.datetime: return int(time.mktime(datetime_obj.timetuple())) else: return int(datetime_obj) [/code] [b]Convert unix timestamp to datetime.datetime object:[/b] [code] def from_timestamp(timestamp): """ Convert timestamp to datetime object""" return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp) [/code] [b]Return current unix timestamp:[/b] [code] def timestamp_now(): """ Return current unix timestamp """ return timestamp(datetime.datetime.now()) [/code]