How to parse long value to date in Python

Question

I have this value returned from server 1394369201000 and I have to convert it to GWT date format? I have found different ways in documentation to fix this:

dt = datetime.datestr(1394369201000 , 'yyyymmdd')

but this didn't work.

Could you please, help me to fix this?

And how is that value to be intepreted? Is it seconds since the UNIX epoch? — Martijn Pieters, Mar 10 '14 at 11:50
That's milliseconds since the epoch for `datetime.datetime(2014, 3, 9, 12, 46, 41)`. — Martijn Pieters, Mar 10 '14 at 11:51

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '14 at 11:51

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>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> datetime.utcfromtimestamp(1394369201000/1000.0)
datetime.datetime(2014, 3, 9, 12, 46, 41)

answered Mar 10 '14 at 11:51

MattH

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This is more suitable approach for my case. My time is in milliseconds as you said guys. Thank you very much! – user2739823 Mar 10 '14 at 12:06

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '14 at 11:51

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Your time is perhaps in milliseconds, use time module:

In [33]: import time

In [34]: time.gmtime(1394369201000/1000.)
Out[34]: time.struct_time(tm_year=2014, tm_mon=3, tm_mday=9, tm_hour=12, tm_min=46, tm_sec=41, tm_wday=6, tm_yday=68, tm_isdst=0)

answered Mar 10 '14 at 11:51

zhangxaochen

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How to parse long value to date in Python

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