how to convert datetime to numeric format in Python

Question

I have following datetime in Python and want to convert it to numeric

 2020-04-01  12:30:01

When I convert this to number in excel it returns 43922.5208449074 . How to get the same number in Python?

I tried with following

datetime.fromisoformat('2020-04-01 12:30:01').timestamp() 

But it does not return me the same number. How can we do it in Python

Answer 1

If i am understanding your problem, you can use it

# Importing datetime.
from datetime import datetime
# Creating a datetime object so we can test.
a = datetime.now()

# Converting a to string in the desired format (YYYYMMDD) using strftime
# and then to int.
a = int(a.strftime('%Y%m%d'))
print (a)