[steven@txzxp2 seccenter]$ python
Python 2.7.5 (default, Jul 8 2013, 09:48:59)
[GCC 4.8.1 20130603 (Red Hat 4.8.1-1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
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import datetime
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import time
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dateC=datetime.datetime(2013,9,5,11,00,00)
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timestamp=time.mktime(dateC.timetuple())
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print timestamp
1378350000.0
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ltime=time.localtime(1378350000)
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timeStr=time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", ltime)
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print timeStr
2013-09-05 11:00:00
>>>