Measure current time in seconds?

Question

How can I take the current time in seconds in Python? I was using calendar.timegm(time.gmtime()) but I'm not sure if this given value is in seconds?

Possible duplicate of How to get current time in Python

AdrienW
– AdrienW

2016-07-27 07:34:56 +00:00
Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 7:34 — AdrienW
– AdrienW, Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 7:34
Try time module. import time; time.time()

Joey.Chang
– Joey.Chang

2016-07-27 07:57:13 +00:00
Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 7:57 — Joey.Chang
– Joey.Chang, Commented Jul 27, 2016 at 7:57

Arbaz Siddiqui · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-27 07:34:29Z

7

Try this :

import time print(round(time.time()))

answered Jul 27, 2016 at 7:34

Arbaz Siddiqui

4812 silver badges11 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

John La Rooy Over a year ago

also int(time.time()) if you don't want a float

Vaibhav Bajaj · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-27 07:39:14Z

0

Use:

from datetime import datetime sec = int(datetime.utcnow().total_seconds()) % 86400

answered Jul 27, 2016 at 7:39

Vaibhav Bajaj

1,95418 silver badges30 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Measure current time in seconds?

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Linked

Related