Convert Unix timestamp string to readable date in Python

Example 1: Convert the specified Unix timestamp string.

Python3




# Importing datetime module
import datetime
 
# Calling the fromtimestamp() function to
# extract datetime from the given timestamp
 
# Calling the strftime() function to convert
# the extracted datetime into its string format
print(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int("1294113662"))
      .strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))


Output:

2011-01-04 09:31:02

Example 2: Convert the specified Unix timestamp string.

Python3




# Importing datetime module
import datetime
 
# Calling the fromtimestamp() function to
# extract datetime from the given timestamp
timestamp = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1200001234)
 
# Calling the strftime() function to convert
# the extracted datetime into its string format
print(timestamp.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))


Output:

2008-01-11 03:10:34


Python program to convert unix timestamp string to readable date

In this article, we are going to see the conversion of the Unix timestamp string to a readable date. This can be done with the help of fromtimestamp() and strftime() functions in Python.

Example: 

Input:  1294113662
Output: 2011-01-04 09:31:02
Explanation: Unix timestamp string to a readable date 

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