How to convert date to timestamp using Python?

Question

I need to convert this result to timestamp:

>>> print (datetime.date(2010, 1, 12) + datetime.timedelta(days = 3))
2010-01-15

I need to compare the value with this timestamp:

>>> datetime.datetime.now()
2011-10-24 10:43:43.371294

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

I need to convert this result to timestamp

import time


mydate = datetime.date(2010, 1, 12) + datetime.timedelta(days = 3)
time.mktime(mydate.timetuple())

I need to compare the value with this timestamp:

a = datetime.datetime(2010, 1, 12) + datetime.timedelta(days = 3)
b = datetime.datetime.now()

a < b 
a > b 
a == b