Get UTC timestamp in Python
Last Updated :
17 Mar, 2021
Datetime module supplies classes to work with date and time. These classes provide a number of functions to deal with dates, times and time intervals. Date and datetime are an object in Python, so when you manipulate them, you are actually manipulating objects and not string or timestamps.
Note: For more information, refer to Python datetime module with examples
Example:
import datetime
dt = datetime.date( 2020 , 1 , 26 )
print (dt)
print (datetime.date.today())
dt = datetime.datetime( 1999 , 12 , 12 , 12 , 12 , 12 , 342380 )
print (dt)
print (datetime.datetime.now())
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Output:
2020-01-26
2020-02-04
1999-12-12 12:12:12.342380
2020-02-04 07:46:29.315237
Getting the UTC timestamp
Use the datetime.datetime.now()
to get the current date and time. Then use tzinfo
class to convert our datetime to UTC. Lastly, use the timestamp()
to convert the datetime object, in UTC, to get the UTC timestamp.
Example:
from datetime import timezone
import datetime
dt = datetime.datetime.now(timezone.utc)
utc_time = dt.replace(tzinfo = timezone.utc)
utc_timestamp = utc_time.timestamp()
print (utc_timestamp)
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Output:
1615975803.787904
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