()
return _unix_epoch
Very painful calculation of when the Unix Epoch is.

    This is defined as the return value of time.time() on Jan 1st,
    1970, 00:00:00 GMT.

    On a Unix system, this should always return 0.0.  On a Mac, the
    calculations are needed -- and hard because of integer overflow
    and other limitations.
Very painful calculation of when the Unix Epoch is.
Very painful calculation of when the Unix Epoch is .
def unix_epoch():
    """Very painful calculation of when the Unix Epoch is.

    This is defined as the return value of time.time() on Jan 1st,
    1970, 00:00:00 GMT.

    On a Unix system, this should always return 0.0.  On a Mac, the
    calculations are needed -- and hard because of integer overflow
    and other limitations.

    """
    return 0.0
    global _unix_epoch
    if _unix_epoch >= 0: return _unix_epoch
    import time
    now = time.time()
    localt = time.localtime(now)        # (y, m, d, hh, mm, ss, ..., ..., ...)
    gmt = time.gmtime(now)
    offset = time.mktime(localt) - time.mktime(gmt)
    y, m, d, hh, mm, ss = 1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0
    offset, ss = divmod(ss + offset, 60)
    offset, mm = divmod(mm + offset, 60)
    offset, hh = divmod(hh + offset, 24)
    d = d + offset
    _unix_epoch = time.mktime((y, m, d, hh, mm, ss, 0, 0, 0))
    print "Unix epoch:", time.ctime(_unix_epoch)
    return _unix_epoch
def unix_epoch ( ) : return 0.0 global _unix_epoch if _unix_epoch >= 0 : return _unix_epoch import time now = time . time ( ) localt = time . localtime ( now ) # (y, m, d, hh, mm, ss, ..., ..., ...) gmt = time . gmtime ( now ) offset = time . mktime ( localt ) - time . mktime ( gmt ) y , m , d , hh , mm , ss = 1970 , 1 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 offset , ss = divmod ( ss + offset , 60 ) offset , mm = divmod ( mm + offset , 60 ) offset , hh = divmod ( hh + offset , 24 ) d = d + offset _unix_epoch = time . mktime ( ( y , m , d , hh , mm , ss , 0 , 0 , 0 ) ) print "Unix epoch:" , time . ctime ( _unix_epoch ) return _unix_epoch