How I can deserialize C# datetime in python?

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I need to convert a date from c # to python. The data format is json. The data contained in the json formatted as: / Date (1373338800000). Must be transformed into a valid date for the python.

@karthikr: But you do have to understand what a C#-generated timestamp like 1373338800000 means (it's not as if this is defined by JSON or anything), so it's a valid question. — abarnert
– abarnert, Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 0:09
In the future, it would help to show actual JSON, not an approximation. Is that Date (1373338800000) inside a string? By itself? — abarnert
– abarnert, Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 0:13

abarnert · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-10 00:10:29Z

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Looks like unix timestamp with milliseconds.

>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int("1373338800000") / 1000)
datetime.datetime(2013, 7, 8, 20, 0)

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abarnert Over a year ago

Almost, but you'll want to divide by 1000, because fromtimestamp takes seconds, not millis. (Edited so you don't have to.)

abarnert Over a year ago

Note that there's no good way of telling whether this timestamp is GMT or local without some kind of outside knowledge. (For example, if you run the C# program locally and get it to dump out the current date and it comes out 9 hours in the future and you're in GMT-9, it's probably local. Of course if you live in GMT, that doesn't help…)

user2566498 Over a year ago

I need that time part of the result and not getting ignored 00:00:00.

abarnert Over a year ago

@user2566498: The time part isn't ignored, nor is it 00:00:00. You've got a datetime object representing 8 July 2013 at 20:00.

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