http://simonwillison.net/2007-09-03T01:54:35+00:00Simon Willison2007-09-03T01:54:35+00:002007-09-03T01:54:35+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Sep/3/calendar/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://docs.python.org/lib/module-calendar.html#l2h-719">calendar.timegm()</a></strong></p> An “unrelated but handy function” that converts a time.gmtime() in to a corresponding Unix timestamp. I’ve been hand-rolling this one for years; never thought to look in calendar. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://intertwingly.net/blog/2007/09/02/Dealing-With-Dates">Sam Ruby</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/calendar">calendar</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/datetime">datetime</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sam-ruby">sam-ruby</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/time">time</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/timezones">timezones</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/unixtimestamp">unixtimestamp</a></p>