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Python script to convert a date to epoch time.
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date-to-epoch.py
hiredate= '1981-06-03'
pattern = '%Y-%m-%d'
epoch = int(time.mktime(time.strptime(hiredate, pattern)))
print epoch
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dumptyd commented Jul 19, 2017

that was helpful, thanks.

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For hiredate in UTC I used:
epoch = int(calendar.gmtime(time.strptime(hiredate, pattern)))

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