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Get Unix timestamp from Python datetime object
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datetime_to_timestamp.py
from datetime import datetime
def get_timestamp_from_datetime(dt):
UNIX_EPOCH = datetime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)
delta = dt - UNIX_EPOCH
seconds = delta.total_seconds()
return seconds
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