Convert numpy.datetime64 to string object in python

Question

I am having trouble converting a python datetime64 object into a string. For example:

t = numpy.datetime64(\'2012-06-30T20:00:00.000000000-0400\         


        

Answer 1

I wanted an ISO 8601 formatted string without needing any extra dependencies. My numpy_array has a single element as a datetime64. With help from @Wirawan-Purwanto, I added just a bit:

from datetime import datetime   

ts = numpy_array.values.astype(datetime)/1000000000
return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(ts).isoformat() # "2018-05-24T19:54:48"