unix_epoch_time.py

import mysql.connector
from datetime import datetime

# Get Unix epoch time (1970-01-01 00:00:00)
epoch_time = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(0)  # Unix time 0 in UTC

# MySQL-compatible timestamp string
formatted_time = epoch_time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

# Database connection
conn = mysql.connector.connect(
    host="127.0.0.1",
    port=4000,
    user="root",
    password="",
    database="test"
)
cursor = conn.cursor()

cursor.execute("drop table if exists unix_epoch_time_test")
cursor.execute("create table unix_epoch_time_test(id int primary key auto_increment, time_col timestamp(6) null default null)")

# Insert query
sql = "INSERT INTO unix_epoch_time_test (time_col) VALUES (%s)"
data = (formatted_time,)

# Execute the query
cursor.execute(sql, data)
conn.commit()

print(f"Inserted time: {formatted_time}")

sql = "SELECT id, time_col FROM unix_epoch_time_test"
cursor.execute(sql)

print("Read time from database")
for row in cursor.fetchall():
    print(f"ID: {row[0]}, time_col: {row[1]}")

# Close connection
cursor.close()
conn.close()

'''
Inserted time: 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Read time from database
ID: 1, time_col: 1970-01-01 00:00:00
'''