orbitx.utils._date_utils.datetime_to_sec_since

orbitx.utils._date_utils.datetime_to_sec_since(date: datetime, ref_date: datetime = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0)) → float

datetime_to_sec_since Converts a datetime to number of seconds since reference date

Parameters:

• date (datetime.datetime) – The datetime object to convert

• ref_date (datetime.datetime, optional) – The reference date since which number of seconds is to be calculated, defaults to datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)

Returns:

The number of seconds since the reference date

Return type:

float