Function for making a timestamp into a datetime value

Author: smarthall

lifx/protocol.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from binascii import hexlify
 from collections import namedtuple
 from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
+from datetime import datetime
 
 UINT16_MAX = pow(2, 16) - 1
 LABEL_MAXLEN = 32
@@ -398,6 +399,12 @@ def mac_string(device_id):
     """
     return hexlify(byteswap('6', pack('u48', device_id)))
 
+def timestamp_datetime(timestamp):
+    """
+    Converts a timestamp from the device to a python datetime value
+    """
+    return datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp / 1000000000.0)
+
 def version_string(version):
     """
     Converts a version number into a version string