Python Time mktime() Method

Description

The mktime() method is the inverse of the localtime() method. Its argument is a struct_time or a complete 9-tuple and returns a floating-point number compatible with time().

If the input value cannot be represented as a valid time, an OverflowError or ValueError is raised.

Syntax

The syntax of the mktime() method is as follows:

time.mktime(t)

Parameters

• t − This is a struct_time or a complete 9-tuple.

Return Value

This method returns a floating-point number compatible with time().

Example

The following example shows the usage of the mktime() method.

import time
t = (2023, 4, 20, 10, 13, 38, 1, 48, 0)
d=time.mktime(t)
print ("time.mktime(t) : %f" % d)
print ("asctime(localtime(secs)): {}".format(time.asctime(time.localtime(d))))

When we run the above program, it produces the following output.

time.mktime(t) : 1681965818.000000
asctime(localtime(secs)): Thu Apr 20 10:13:38 2023