Python : Epoch time issue

Question

I have an issue

I have two epoch time like

endTime
1349351477198


startTime
1349351468952

I am getting the correct time format while checking it on http://www.epochconverter.com/

like

GMT: Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:51:08 GMT

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:51:17 GMT

For the same epoch when i am trying to convert in time using python like (I am not taking care of date )

>>> start_time = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(1349351468952))
>>> print start_time 
20:29:12
>>> start_time = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(1349351477198))
>>> print start_time 
22:46:38

I am getting unexpected result as above please help me out .

Answer 1

I guess your problem is that your numbers are not in seconds but in milliseconds. Try this instead:

time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(1349351477.198))