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# Python2.x Python time mktime() Method * * * ## Description The Python time mktime() function performs the opposite operation of gmtime() and localtime(). It takes a struct_time object as an argument and returns a floating-point number representing time in seconds. If the input value is not a valid time, it will raise an OverflowError or ValueError. ## Syntax The syntax for the mktime() method is: time.mktime(t) ## Parameters * t -- A structured time or a complete 9-element tuple. ## Return Value Returns a floating-point number representing time in seconds. ## Example The following example demonstrates the usage of the mktime() function: ## Example #!/usr/bin/python import time t =(2009,2,17,17,3,38,1,48,0) secs =time.mktime( t ) print"time.mktime(t) : %f" % secs print"asctime(localtime(secs)): %s" % time.asctime(time.localtime(secs)) The output of the above example is: time.mktime(t) : 1234915418.000000 asctime(localtime(secs)): Tue Feb 17 17:03:38 2009