python time module documentation code example

Example 1: python time library

#also see datetime
import time
now = time.time()
print(now)

Example 2: time module in python

import time
seconds = time.time()
print("Seconds since epoch =", seconds)

Example 3: Python Time Module

>>> from time import perf_counter
>>> def longrunning_function():
...     for i in range(1, 11):
...         time.sleep(i / i ** 2)
...
>>> start = perf_counter()
>>> longrunning_function()
>>> end = perf_counter()
>>> execution_time = (end - start)
>>> execution_time
8.201258441999926

Example 4: Python Time Module

>>> from time import strptime
>>> strptime('2019-03-01', '%Y-%m-%d')
time.struct_time(tm_year=2019, tm_mon=3, tm_mday=1, tm_hour=0, tm_min=0, tm_sec=0, tm_wday=4, tm_yday=60, tm_isdst=-1)