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Convert C# tick dates into a Python / readable date
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
""" | |
Purpose: Convert .NET ticks to formatted ISO8601 time | |
Author: D Hohls < [email protected]> | |
""" | |
from __future__ import print_function | |
import datetime | |
import sys | |
def convert_dotnet_tick(ticks): | |
"""Convert .NET ticks to formatted ISO8601 time | |
Args: | |
ticks: integer | |
i.e 100 nanosecond increments since 1/1/1 AD""" | |
_date = datetime.datetime(1, 1, 1) + \ | |
datetime.timedelta(microseconds=ticks // 10) | |
if _date.year < 1900: # strftime() requires year >= 1900 | |
_date = _date.replace(year=_date.year + 1900) | |
return _date.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ")[:-3] | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
try: | |
print(convert_dotnet_tick(int(sys.argv[1]))) | |
except: | |
print("Missing or invalid argument; use, e.g.:" | |
" python ticks.py 636245666750411542") | |
print("with result: %s " % convert_dotnet_tick( 636245666750411542)) |
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