Unix Timestamp in Python
Use the standard library `datetime` module. For timezone-heavy work, the `pendulum` package is more ergonomic.
Common Operations
Get current Unix timestamp (seconds)
import time ts = int(time.time()) # 1706745600
Get current Unix timestamp (milliseconds)
import time ts_ms = int(time.time() * 1000) # 1706745600000
Convert Unix timestamp to datetime (UTC)
from datetime import datetime, timezone dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(1706745600, tz=timezone.utc) # datetime(2024, 1, 31, 22, 40, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
Convert datetime to Unix timestamp
from datetime import datetime, timezone dt = datetime(2024, 1, 31, 22, 40, tzinfo=timezone.utc) ts = int(dt.timestamp()) # 1706740800
Parse ISO 8601 string
from datetime import datetime
dt = datetime.fromisoformat('2024-01-31T12:00:00+00:00')
# Python 3.11+ also handles the 'Z' suffix
Format as ISO 8601
dt.isoformat() # '2024-01-31T12:00:00+00:00'