Determining actual elapsed (wall-clock) time

[Coates, Steve (ACHE)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Smith [mailto:roy at panix.com]

> Sent: 02 July 2005 21:22
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Determining actual elapsed (wall-clock) time
<SNIP>

> If you get the UTC time, daylight savings time doesn't enter

> the equation. 

> If the system clock is reset, however, you're out of luck.  I

> can't think of any time-related API which doesn't rely on the

> system clock as a reference.  If the system clock is good,

> you get good time.  If the system clock sucks, or changes, you don't.
>

> If you care about time, you want your system clock controlled

> by NTP. 

> There's just no excuse not to.
>

> Is there some reason you can't just use the system clock?  I

> suppose if you had to, you could hobble together your own NTP

> client which keeps network time independent of the system

> clock.  But that would be a lot of work and it's hard to

> imagine the effort would be justified.
>

>


There is already an NTP client in the ASPN cookbook :-

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/117211

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