This function generates time-stamps in the format used in leap-seconds.list (on e.g. NTP or PTP servers). The format is integer seconds since 1900-01-01T00:00+00.

import datetime
import pytz
 
 
def generate_ntp_timestamp(year,month,day,hour,minute,second):
    t = datetime.datetime(year,month,day,hour,minute,second,tzinfo=pytz.utc)
    #NTP leap-seconds list wants seconds since 1900
    epoch_start = datetime.datetime(1900,1,1,0,0,0,tzinfo=pytz.utc)
    delta = t-epoch_start
    delta_s = delta.total_seconds()
    return int(delta_s)
 
 
# test that this generates OK values.
# from existing leap-seconds.list
# 2918937600	27	# 1 Jul 1992
# 2950473600	28	# 1 Jul 1993
# 2982009600	29	# 1 Jul 1994
# 3029443200	30	# 1 Jan 1996
# 3076704000	31	# 1 Jul 1997
# 3124137600	32	# 1 Jan 1999
# 3345062400	33	# 1 Jan 2006
# 3439756800	34	# 1 Jan 2009
print "1 Jan 2009: ", generate_ntp_timestamp(2009,1,1,0,0,0)
print "1 Jan 2006: ", generate_ntp_timestamp(2006,1,1,0,0,0)
print "1 Jul 1997: ", generate_ntp_timestamp(1997,7,1,0,0,0)
#output:
#1 Jan 2009:  3439756800
#1 Jan 2006:  3345062400
#1 Jul 1997:  3076704000