How to convert epoch timestamp to human readable date format in Python?
Posted on In QAHow to convert an epoch timestamp to a human readable date format?
In Python:
import time
time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z", time.localtime(epoch))
One example:
$ python
Python 2.7.5 (default, Nov 6 2016, 00:28:07)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import time
>>> epoch = 1490157520.05
>>> time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z", time.localtime(epoch))
'Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:38:40 HKT'
>>>
