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[Python] Datetime String to Epoch Time
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datetime_to_epoch.py
import calendar, datetime
import pandas as pd
date_str = '2016-01-01T00:00:00+01:00'
date = pd.to_datetime(date_str).tz_localize('UTC')
print calendar.timegm(date.timetuple()) # 1451602800
# Using strftime('%s') is not recommended as it depends on the timezone of the machine
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