Convert a column of datetimes to epoch in Python
convert the string to a datetime using to_datetime and then subtract datetime 1970-1-1 and call dt.total_seconds(): In [2]: import pandas as pd import datetime as dt df = pd.DataFrame({‘date’:[‘2011-04-24 01:30:00.000’]}) df Out[2]: date 0 2011-04-24 01:30:00.000 In [3]: df[‘date’] = pd.to_datetime(df[‘date’]) df Out[3]: date 0 2011-04-24 01:30:00 In [6]: (df[‘date’] – dt.datetime(1970,1,1)).dt.total_seconds() Out[6]: 0 1303608600 … Read more