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Python3 time mktime() Method


Description

The Python time mktime() function performs the inverse operation of gmtime() and localtime(). It takes a struct_time object as an argument and returns a floating-point number representing time in seconds.

If the input value is not a valid time, it triggers an OverflowError or ValueError.

Syntax

Syntax for the mktime() method:

time.mktime(t)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns a floating-point number representing time in seconds.

Example

The following example demonstrates the usage of the mktime() function:

#!/usr/bin/python3
import time

t = (2016, 2, 17, 17, 3, 38, 1, 48, 0)
secs = time.mktime( t )
print ("time.mktime(t) : %f" %  secs)
print ("asctime(localtime(secs)): %s" % time.asctime(time.localtime(secs)))

Output of the above example:

time.mktime(t) : 1455699818.000000
asctime(localtime(secs)): Wed Feb 17 17:03:38 2016
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