time python

1import time
2
3start = time.time()
4print("hello")
5end = time.time()
6print(end - start)
7

1| Directive | Meaning                                                        | Example                 | 
2|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3|%a         | Abbreviated weekday name.                                      | Sun, Mon, ..            | 
4|%A         | Full weekday name.                                             | Sunday, Monday, ...     | 
5|%w         | Weekday as a decimal number.                                   | 0, 1, ..., 6            | 
6|%d         | Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal.                     | 01, 02, ..., 31         | 
7|%-d        | Day of the month as a decimal number.                          | 1, 2, ..., 30           | 
8|%b         | Abbreviated month name.                                        | Jan, Feb, ..., Dec      | 
9|%B         | Full month name.                                               | January, February, ...  | 
10|%m         | Month as a zero-padded decimal number.                         | 01, 02, ..., 12         | 
11|%-m        | Month as a decimal number.                                     | 1, 2, ..., 12           | 
12|%y         | Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number.          | 00, 01, ..., 99         | 
13|%-y        | Year without century as a decimal number.                      | 0, 1, ..., 99           | 
14|%Y         | Year with century as a decimal number.                         | 2013, 2019 etc.         | 
15|%H         | Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.          | 00, 01, ..., 23         | 
16|%-H        | Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number.                      | 0, 1, ..., 23           | 
17|%I         | Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number.          | 01, 02, ..., 12         | 
18|%-I        | Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number.                      | 1, 2, ... 12            | 
19|%p         | Locale’s AM or PM.                                             | AM, PM                  | 
20|%M         | Minute as a zero-padded decimal number.                        | 00, 01, ..., 59         | 
21|%-M        | Minute as a decimal number.                                    | 0, 1, ..., 59           | 
22|%S         | Second as a zero-padded decimal number.                        | 00, 01, ..., 59         | 
23|%-S        | Second as a decimal number.                                    | 0, 1, ..., 59           | 
24|%f         | Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left.      | 000000 - 999999         | 
25|%z         | UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM.                         |                         | 
26|%Z         | Time zone name.                                                |                         | 
27|%j         | Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number.               | 001, 002, ..., 366      | 
28|%-j        | Day of the year as a decimal number. 1, 2, ..., 366            |                         | 
29|%U         | Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week). | 00, 01, ..., 53         | 
30|%W         | Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week). | 00, 01, ..., 53         | 
31|%c         | Locale’s appropriate date and time representation.             | Mon Sep 30 07:06:05 2013|
32|%x         | Locale’s appropriate date representation.                      | 09/30/13                | 
33|%X         | Locale’s appropriate time representation.                      | 07:06:05                | 
34|%%         | A literal '%' character.                                       | %                       | 
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1t = time.localtime()            # Gets the local time
2current_time = time.strftime("%H:%M", t)          # Gets the time in the desired format
3current_time = "The time is " + current_time  

1
2from datetime import datetime
3
4timestamp = 1528797322
5date_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
6
7print("Date time object:", date_time)
8
9d = date_time.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S")
10print("Output 2:", d)	
11
12d = date_time.strftime("%d %b, %Y")
13print("Output 3:", d)
14
15d = date_time.strftime("%d %B, %Y")
16print("Output 4:", d)
17
18d = date_time.strftime("%I%p")
19print("Output 5:", d)
20

1# Here is a self updating clock function, just run it and it'll self update itself until you hit CTRL-C
2import datetime
3import time
4def clock():
5    while True:
6        print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S"), end="\r")
7        time.sleep(1)
8
9clock()

1#import time module:
2import time
3#module has various attributes: 
4dir(time)
5[..., 'localtime', 'mktime', 'sleep', 'sleep_ms', 'sleep_us', 'ticks_add', 'ticks_cpu', 'ticks_diff', 'ticks_ms', 'ticks_us', 'time']
6
7#default expression is in seconds with zero being start of runtime
8secFromStart = time.time()