Python Practice › Datetime Programs › Program 14
Timestamps
Write a Python program to convert between a datetime and a Unix timestamp.
Output
1767225600.0 2026-01-01 00:00:00+00:00
Approach
- Use UTC to get the same result on every computer.
Solution
from datetime import datetime, timezone dt = datetime(2026, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)ts = dt.timestamp()print(ts)print(datetime.fromtimestamp(ts, tz=timezone.utc))Output
1767225600.0 2026-01-01 00:00:00+00:00
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