from django.contrib.sessions.backends.db import SessionStore s = SessionStore() # stored as seconds since epoch since datetimes are not serializable in JSON. s['last_login'] = 1376587691 s.create() s.session_key '2b1189a188b44ad18c35e113ac6ceead' s = SessionStore(session_key='2b1189a188b44ad18c35e113ac6ceead') s['last_login'] 1376587691