How to convert python timestamp string to epoch?

Question

I have the following string:

mytime = \"2009-03-08T00:27:31.807Z\"

How do I convert it to epoch in python?

I tried:

Answer 1

Code:

import datetime
epoch = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)

mytime = "2009-03-08T00:27:31.807Z"
myformat = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ"
mydt = datetime.datetime.strptime(mytime, myformat)
val = (mydt - epoch).total_seconds()

print(val)
> 1236472051.81
repr(val)
> '1236472051.807'

Notes:

• When using time.strptime(), the returned time.struct_time does not support sub-second precision.
• The %f format is for microseconds. When parsing it need not be the full 6 digits.