#!/usr/bin/env python import datetime import time import sys dt1 = datetime.datetime(2003,4,6,2,58,17) dt2 = datetime.datetime(2003,4,6,3,13,17) tt1 = dt1.timetuple() tt2 = dt2.timetuple() ts1 = time.mktime(tt1) ts2 = time.mktime(tt2) rdt1 = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts1) rdt2 = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts2) print 'Python version: ',sys.version_info print 'Epoch: ',time.gmtime(0) print 'First datetime: ',dt1 print 'Second datetime: ',dt2 print 'Is first datetime prior to second?: ',dt1