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from datetime import datetime
datetime.fromtimestamp(*your_timestamp_here*)#.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') to convert to a formated string
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DT = datetime.datetime(2016,01,30,15,16,19,234000) #trailing zeros are required
DN = (DT - datetime.datetime(2000,1,1)).total_seconds()
print repr(DN)