how to convert a datetime format to a millisec in python 2?

Question

so python2 does not have datetime.timestamp() is there any way to convert a simple datetime format to epoch like format in other words in milliseconds , or is there any other way to convert the start_date to milliseconds format

from datetime import datetime
import dateparser 

time_interval = "1h"

start_date = dateparser.parse(time.interval)

print (str(start_date))

date_in_millisec = start_date.timestamp() 

Answer 1

from datetime import datetime
import dateparser 

time_interval = "1h"

start_date = dateparser.parse(time.interval)

print (str(start_date))

date_in_millisec_compared_to_now = datetime.now() - start_date

print (str(date_in_millisec_compared_to_now))