How to convert string to timestamp?
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2721782/convert-date-string-to-datetime-object-in-python">Convert Date String to DateTime Object in Python</a>  </p>
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<p>I have a date string:</p>

<pre><code>Mon Oct 15 15:05:00 UTC 2012
</code></pre>

<p>How to converte this string to timestamp ?</p>
