Convert the metric timestamp to a human date

Question

I am trying to collect some data from Dynamics App, and I would like to convert the metric timestamp to a human script, but I am getting this error, any suggestions for a solution ?

Script

from datetime import datetime

timestamp = 1630548180000
dt_object = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)

Output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Developer\Desktop\test.py", line 4, in <module>
    dt_object = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '21 at 14:20

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Python datetime expects epoch seconds, but it seems you have timestamp of milliseconds, so you need to divide this value by 1000.

answered Sep 02 '21 at 14:20

Antonio Prates

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`datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ms/1000.0)` ? – Luis Henrique Sep 02 '21 at 14:21
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Yes, @LuisHenrique that would work :) – Antonio Prates Sep 02 '21 at 14:25

Convert the metric timestamp to a human date

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