Get current timestamp in Python

In this post, we are going to explain the Python modules and methods that can be used to get the current timestamp.

import time

timestamp = time.time()

print(timestamp)

Output

1643920477.7901955

We are using the time module here to get the current timestamp. We are importing the time module using the import keyword.

import time

Then we are using the time() function of the time module to get the current timestamp.

Current timestamp in Python using datetime module

We can also use the Python datetime module to get the current timestamp in Python. All you need to do is import the datetime module in your Python code and use its datetime() function.

Code Example

import datetime;

current_timestamp = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()

print(current_timestamp)

Output

1643995600.095005

If you do not want to use the float value of the timestamp, you can convert it to int using the Python int() function and pass the timestamp value to it.

print(int(current_timestamp))

Output

1643995909

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