python current timestamp string code example

Example 1: python print timestamp

import datetime
ts = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()

Example 2: get timestamp from string 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)