Closest datetime from now in list

Closest datetime from now in list

from datetime import datetime as dt, time
from random import choice
from time import mktime

start = dt.combine(dt.now().date(), time(0, 0, 0))
end = dt.combine(start, time(23, 59, 59))

ts = lambda t: int(mktime(t.timetuple()))

today = range(ts(start), ts(end))
now = ts(dt.now())

#print len(today)

_today_ = []
for i in range(50):
    c = choice(today)
    _today_.append(c)
    today.pop(today.index(c))

index, timestamp = min(enumerate(_today_), key=lambda x: abs(x[1]-now))
#print dt.fromtimestamp(timestamp)