from typing import Optional

from datetime import datetime

def convert_timestamp_string_to_epoch(timestamp: str) -> Optional[int]:
    epoch_time = None
    time_obj = datetime.strptime(timestamp, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
    epoch_time = int((time_obj - datetime(1970, 1, 1)).total_seconds() * 1000)
    return epoch_time


print(int(convert_timestamp_string_to_epoch("2025-08-01 13:11:47.171")))
#above outputs 1754053907171.0

#how to I remove the .0 ?

https://codecatch.net/post/06c9f5b7-1e00-40dc-b436-b8cccc4b69be

def bitonic_sort(arr, low, cnt, direction):
    ...

filename = "data.txt"
with open(filename, "r") as file:
    file_contents = file.readlines()
    file_contents = [line.strip() for line in file_contents]

print("File contents:")
for line in file_contents:
    print(line)