Example 1: format time python
| Directive | Meaning | Example |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|%a | Abbreviated weekday name. | Sun, Mon, .. |
|%A | Full weekday name. | Sunday, Monday, ... |
|%w | Weekday as a decimal number. | 0, 1, ..., 6 |
|%d | Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal. | 01, 02, ..., 31 |
|%-d | Day of the month as a decimal number. | 1, 2, ..., 30 |
|%b | Abbreviated month name. | Jan, Feb, ..., Dec |
|%B | Full month name. | January, February, ... |
|%m | Month as a zero-padded decimal number. | 01, 02, ..., 12 |
|%-m | Month as a decimal number. | 1, 2, ..., 12 |
|%y | Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, ..., 99 |
|%-y | Year without century as a decimal number. | 0, 1, ..., 99 |
|%Y | Year with century as a decimal number. | 2013, 2019 etc. |
|%H | Hour (24-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, ..., 23 |
|%-H | Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number. | 0, 1, ..., 23 |
|%I | Hour (12-hour clock) as a zero-padded decimal number. | 01, 02, ..., 12 |
|%-I | Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number. | 1, 2, ... 12 |
|%p | Locale’s AM or PM. | AM, PM |
|%M | Minute as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, ..., 59 |
|%-M | Minute as a decimal number. | 0, 1, ..., 59 |
|%S | Second as a zero-padded decimal number. | 00, 01, ..., 59 |
|%-S | Second as a decimal number. | 0, 1, ..., 59 |
|%f | Microsecond as a decimal number, zero-padded on the left. | 000000 - 999999 |
|%z | UTC offset in the form +HHMM or -HHMM. | |
|%Z | Time zone name. | |
|%j | Day of the year as a zero-padded decimal number. | 001, 002, ..., 366 |
|%-j | Day of the year as a decimal number. 1, 2, ..., 366 | |
|%U | Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week). | 00, 01, ..., 53 |
|%W | Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week). | 00, 01, ..., 53 |
|%c | Locale’s appropriate date and time representation. | Mon Sep 30 07:06:05 2013|
|%x | Locale’s appropriate date representation. | 09/30/13 |
|%X | Locale’s appropriate time representation. | 07:06:05 |
|%% | A literal '%' character. | % |
Example 2: python clock
# Here is a self updating clock function, just run it and it'll self update itself until you hit CTRL-C
import datetime
import time
def clock():
while True:
print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S"), end="\r")
time.sleep(1)
clock()
Example 3: python time library
#also see datetime
import time
now = time.time()
print(now)
Example 4: time module in python
import time
seconds = time.time()
print("Seconds since epoch =", seconds)
Example 5: 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 6: time python
#import time module:
import time
#module has various attributes:
dir(time)
[..., 'localtime', 'mktime', 'sleep', 'sleep_ms', 'sleep_us', 'ticks_add', 'ticks_cpu', 'ticks_diff', 'ticks_ms', 'ticks_us', 'time']
#default expression is in seconds with zero being start of runtime
secFromStart = time.time()