convert string date to timestamp python code example

Example 1: convert to timestamp python

import datetime
date = '18/05/2020 - 18:05:12'

# convert string to datetimeformat
date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%d %m %Y - %H:%M:%S"")

# convert datetime to timestamp
date = datetime.datetime.timestamp(date)

Example 2: python from timestamp to string

from datetime import datetime

timestamp = 1545730073
dt_object = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)

print("dt_object =", dt_object)
print("type(dt_object) =", type(dt_object))

# Output

dt_object = "2018-12-25 09:27:53"
type(dt_object) = <class 'datetime.datetime'>