timestamp2unixtime.py

import time
from datetime import datetime

# It took me a while to figure out to convert
# a string timestamp to the number of seconds
# since the Unix epoch. Turns out it is pretty
# simple.
# Note: it only works for years >= 1900

my_td_string = 'Date: 2018-01-19  Time: 06:35:30.123'

datetime.strptime(my_td_string, 'Date: %Y-%m-%d  Time: %H:%M:%S.%f').timestamp()

# Returns 1516361730.123

# For a full list of format codes, visit:
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior