'datetime.time' doesn't matter 'mktime'

Question

I am trying to convert a datetime object to a UNIX timestamp (preferably in milliseconds, although I would not mind with and without).

Mktime seems to have a method that usually gets it, however I keep getting the error:

AttributeError: object type 'datetime.time' has no attribute 'mktime'.

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? I continue around!

Answer 1

I think you did

from datetime import datetime, time 

instead

 import time from datetime import datetime 

so the object named time actually comes from the datetime module, not the time module.

Answer 2

Actually, even using the answer above, I still get the same error message.

I solved the problem using

 >>>>from time import mktime as mktime >>>>today = mktime(2012, 12, 21, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) 

I don't know why, but it only worked using an alias (like mktime) ... can someone tell me the reason ...