[xlordt]

How do i go by using the time function in python.... example
in php it would be

$time = time ( ) - 60;

How can i do this in python?

[djjhouse]

Pretty much the same

import time

myTime = time.time() - 60

[xlordt]

Originally Posted by djjhouse

Pretty much the same

import time

myTime = time.time() - 60

hmm i though so.. but its not working for me.. but will tripple try it when i get home

[macca1707]

i like using strftime so that i can format the time however i like

%d = day
&m = month
%y = year eg 05
%Y = year eg 2005
%H = hour
%M = min
%S = sec

from time import strftime
    myTime = strftime('%d%m%Y%H%M%S')

18052005183045
or

 myTime = strftime('%d/%m/%y_%H:%M:%S')

18/05/05_18:30:45

[netytan]

Originally Posted by xlordt

hmm i though so.. but its not working for me.. but will tripple try it when i get home

According to the documentation both functions return the time since the epoch (01/01/1979). The only difference I can see is that PHP returns an int value where Python returns a float.

This can be changed by using the int() function to type-cast the float to an int .

>>> import time
>>> time.time() - 60
1116439289.4688611
>>> int(time.time() - 60)
1116439301
>>>

Hope this helps X,

Mark.

[xlordt]

hmm kool i guess i should recheck my codes.. and see whats up.. if not then i will just post the codes here and see what happends... thanx all

[Dietrich]

To be more exact, Python's epoch starts at 01/01/1970 at 0 Universal Time, which is midnight in Greenwich, England.

The correct use of strftime() would be:

import time
myTime = time.strftime('%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S', time.localtime())
print myTime

[netytan]

I stand corrected, don't know where 1979 came from then . Thanks for the info Dietrich.

Mark.