A question about time

[Ivan Shevanski]

>From: Jan Danielsson <jan.danielsson at gmail.com>
>To: python-list at python.org
>Subject: A question about time
>Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:58:17 +0200
>
>Hello all,
>
>    I have a list of servers which an application connects to. If the
>connection fails, the application should mark the server as temporarily
>unavailable, and should try to use the server again after x units of time.
>
>In C, I would do this:
>
>server.invalidUntil = time(NULL) + 5*60; // five minute delay
>
>..and the check:
>
>if(time(NULL) > server.invalidUtil)
>{
>    // use server
>}
>
>So the whole thing very simple... But how do I do that in Python?
>
>    I have found datetime.datetime.now(), but I don't understand what
>"format" it returns the time in. I assume it's an object of some sort..
>But how do I do if I want the current time as an integer (unix
>timestamp) in Python?
---
Heres the time module link, use a combination of the modules to get the 
complete time. Use time.sleep() to sleep for a certain amount of SECONDS.  
Not minutes.  So:

>>>from sleep import time
>>>sleep(5)

would have the program or script stop and wait for 5 seconds.  I hope this 
was what your were asking for, I didn't quite get the question.

-Ivan

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