python time.sleep(1) code example

Example 1: python delay

>>> import time
>>> time.sleep(3) # Sleep for 3 seconds

Example 2: sleep in python 3

#!/usr/bin/python3
import time

print ("Start : %s" % time.ctime())
time.sleep( 5 )
print ("End : %s" % time.ctime())

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