code: def epoch(self):
  
          ''' a method to report posix epoch timestamp from a labDT object
  
          :return: float with timestamp
          '''
  
      # construct epoch timestamp from labDT
          epoch_dt = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(0).replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc)
          delta_time = self - epoch_dt
          return delta_time.total_seconds(f epoch(self):
  
          ''' a method to report posix epoch timestamp from a labDT object
  
          :return: float with timestamp
          '''
  
      # construct epoch timestamp from labDT
          epoch_dt = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(0).replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc)
          delta_time = self - epoch_dt
          return delta_time.total_seconds()
docs: a method to report posix epoch timestamp from a labDT object
  
          :return: float with timestamp