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def timestampthen(timestring):
    tt = datetime.datetime.strptime(timestring, "%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S.%f").timetuple()
    ut = float(calendar.timegm(tt))
    dotpos = timestring.rfind(".")
    frac = float(timestring[dotpos:])
    utfloat = float(ut + frac)
    return utfloat