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Sane · Mar 7th, 2006, 8:02 PM

I was wondering if there was an easier way to do the following:

from time import ctime, mktime, time

def ctime_to_epoch(ctime):
    x1 = ctime.split(' ')
    x2 = x1[3].split(':')
    localtime = (int(x1[-1]),
                 {"Jan":1,"Feb":2,"Mar":3,"Apr":4,
                  "May":5,"Jun":6,"Jul":7,"Aug":8,
                  "Sep":9,"Oct":10,"Nov":11,"Dec":12}[x1[1]],
                 int(x1[2]),int(x2[0]),int(x2[1]),int(x2[2]),0,0,0)
    return mktime(localtime)

ctime = ctime()
time = time()

print ctime_to_epoch(ctime)
print time

Converting a ctime literal back to seconds since epoch. I need to take forum post times and determine which posts are new by converting post times to epoch and comparing it to the epoch of his/her last visit.

Mar 7th, 2006, 8:02 PM	#9
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 2,076 Rep Power: 6	I was wondering if there was an easier way to do the following: (Toggle Plain Text) from time import ctime, mktime, time def ctime_to_epoch(ctime): x1 = ctime.split(' ') x2 = x1[3].split(':') localtime = (int(x1[-1]), {"Jan":1,"Feb":2,"Mar":3,"Apr":4, "May":5,"Jun":6,"Jul":7,"Aug":8, "Sep":9,"Oct":10,"Nov":11,"Dec":12}[x1[1]], int(x1[2]),int(x2[0]),int(x2[1]),int(x2[2]),0,0,0) return mktime(localtime) ctime = ctime() time = time() print ctime_to_epoch(ctime) print time from time import ctime, mktime, time def ctime_to_epoch(ctime): x1 = ctime.split(' ') x2 = x1[3].split(':') localtime = (int(x1[-1]), {"Jan":1,"Feb":2,"Mar":3,"Apr":4, "May":5,"Jun":6,"Jul":7,"Aug":8, "Sep":9,"Oct":10,"Nov":11,"Dec":12}[x1[1]], int(x1[2]),int(x2[0]),int(x2[1]),int(x2[2]),0,0,0) return mktime(localtime) ctime = ctime() time = time() print ctime_to_epoch(ctime) print time Converting a ctime literal back to seconds since epoch. I need to take forum post times and determine which posts are new by converting post times to epoch and comparing it to the epoch of his/her last visit.