Convert Python date to Unix timestamp

Question

I would like to convert a Python date object to a Unix timestamp.

I already added a time object, so it would be that specific date at midnight, but I don't know how to continue from there.

d = date(2014, 10, 27)
t = time(0, 0, 0)
dt = datetime.combine(d, t)

#How to convert this to Unix timestamp?

I am using Python 2.7

Answer 1

You can get the unix time like this:

import time
from datetime import date

d = date(2014, 10, 27)

unixtime = time.mktime(d.timetuple())

Answer 2

Unix time can be derived from a datetime object like this:

d = date(2014, 10, 27)
t = time(0, 0, 0)
dt = datetime.combine(d, t) 

unix = dt.strftime('%s')
# returns 1414364400, which is 2014-10-27 00:00:00 

Answer 3

You can use easy_date to make it easy:

import date_converter
timestamp = date_converter.date_to_timestamp(d)