how to convert date-time to epoch in python?
<p>I want this particular date-time to be converted to epoch but it is giving me format error. what format should i use to do the following so that it can be json rendered. "2016-10-14 14:34:14+00:00". I am using python 2.7 and django 1.10</p>

<pre><code>stra = "instance[0].Timing"
formata = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S+00:00"
timing = calendar.timegm(time.strptime(stra, formata))
     return HttpResponse(json.dumps(
           {'result': 'True'
            'timing': timing,
            }))
</code></pre>

<p>Actually in django datetime object are converted in epoch as following way.</p>

<p><strong>Emample 1</strong></p>

<pre><code>import datetime

current_date = datetime.datetime.now()
epoch = int(current_date.strftime("%s")) * 1000
</code></pre>

<p><strong>Example 2</strong></p>

<pre><code>import datetime
date_object = datetime.datetime.strptime('Jun 1 2005  1:33PM', '%b %d %Y %I:%M%p')
epoch = int(date_object.strftime("%s")) * 1000
</code></pre>

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