How to Use Python Time Module ?

In this lesson we want to learn How to Use Python Time Module ? time module in Python provides functions to work with time related values and operations. some of the common tasks you can perform using the time module include:

  1. Getting the current time: You can use the time function to get the current time in seconds since the epoch (the starting point of time in computing).

 

  1. Converting time to readable format: You can use the gmtime and strftime functions to convert a time value to human readable format.

 

  1. Sleeping for a specific amount of time: You can use the sleep function to pause the execution of your program for a specified amount of time.

 

  1. Measuring the elapsed time: You can use the time function to measure the elapsed time between two points in your program.

 

These are some of the basic uses of the time module in Python. You can find more information about the time module in the official Python documentation.

 

 

Here are some additional details about the time module with examples:

  1. Converting local time to UTC: The mktime function can be used to convert local time expressed as struct_time to time expressed as a timestamp, assuming the local time is in UTC.

 

  1. Formatting time: The strftime function can be used to format the time, and the strptime function can be used to parse string representation of the time and return a struct_time object.

 

 

  1. Retrieving system timezone: The tzname function returns a tuple containing the names of the local time zone and the daylight saving time zone.

 

 

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