time module functions in python code example

Example 1: python time library

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

Example 2: python time method

from time import sleep, time

start = time()
sleep(2)
print(format(time() - start, '.3f'), 's', sep='') # 2.003s

Example 3: time module in python

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

Example 4: time a function python

Proper answer to timing a loop over a function multiple times
import timeit
timeit.timeit('func_to_time()',globals=globals(),number=1000)