How to get Unix time in Python?

You can obtain the Unix time (also known as epoch time) in Python by using the datetime module and its timestamp() method.

Here's how:

1. Import the datetime module: This module provides classes for manipulating dates and times.

2. Get the current datetime: Use datetime.datetime.now() to get the current date and time.

3. Convert to Unix time: Call the .timestamp() method on the datetime object to get the Unix timestamp as a floating-point number representing the number of seconds since the epoch (January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).

Here's the code example:

import datetime

# Get the current datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()

# Convert to Unix timestamp
unix_timestamp = now.timestamp()

print(unix_timestamp)

This code will print the current Unix timestamp. You can also use datetime.datetime.utcnow() if you specifically want the UTC time.

import datetime

# Get the current UTC datetime
now_utc = datetime.datetime.utcnow()

# Convert to Unix timestamp
unix_timestamp_utc = now_utc.timestamp()

print(unix_timestamp_utc)

Explanation:

• The datetime.datetime.now() and datetime.datetime.utcnow() functions return datetime objects representing the current local time and the current UTC time, respectively.
• The .timestamp() method converts a datetime object to a floating-point number representing seconds since the epoch. The return value is the number of seconds that have elapsed between the Unix epoch and the datetime provided.