How to Convert Unix Time to Datetime and Vice Versa in Python

#python #programming

Unix timestamps are unreadable to humans, Datetimes are unreadable to machines. Time often needs to converted between Unix and Datetime. I'll demonstrate how you can do that in Python.

Unix to Datetime

import time
from datetime import datetime
#convert unix to datetime
print(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(time.time()).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))

Datetime to Unix

import time
from datetime import datetime
#convert unix to datetime
dtm = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(time.time()).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

#convert datetime back to unix
dtt = datetime.strptime(dtm, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
print(datetime.timestamp(dtt))