[Python-Dev] Issue 2736: datetimes and Unix timestamps (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Mon Jun 4 17:45:29 CEST 2012

On Jun 04, 2012, at 01:19 PM, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:

I recently opened issue14908. At work, I have to do a bunch of things with dates, times and timezones, and sometimes Unix timestamps are also involved (largely for easy compatibility with legacy APIs). I find the relative obscurity when converting datetimes to timestamps rather painful; IMO it should be possible to do everything I need straight from the datetime module objects, instead of having to involve the time or calendar modules.

I completely agree. I've long considered this a wart in the stdlib, but never got off my butt to do anything about it. Thanks for filing this Dirkjan.

JFDI-ly y'rs, -Barry

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