# File: time-example-4.py import time def _d(y, m, d, days=(0,31,59,90,120,151,181,212,243,273,304,334,365)): # map a date to the number of days from a reference point return (((y - 1901)*1461)/4 + days[m-1] + d + ((m > 2 and not y % 4 and (y % 100 or not y % 400)) and 1)) def timegm(tm, epoch=_d(1970,1,1)): year, month, day, h, m, s = tm[:6] assert year >= 1970 assert 1 <= month <= 12 return (_d(year, month, day) - epoch)*86400 + h*3600 + m*60 + s t0 = time.time() tm = time.gmtime(t0) print tm print t0 print timegm(tm) ## (1999, 9, 8, 22, 12, 12, 2, 251, 0) ## 936828732.48 ## 936828732