Python equivalent of two Perl statements

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 20-Jul-2001 Kemp Randy-W18971 wrote:
> What is the equivalent of these Perl statements in Python?
> 
> $time = scalar(localtime);
> print "This FTP request started on $time \n";
> 

import time
now = time.ctime(time.time())
print now

time.time() returns seconds since the epoch, ctime() turns it into the string
like perl does.  There are several other interesting time printing functions in
the 'time' module.