Time functions

[HMS Surprise]

On May 2, 12:03 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_... at gmx.net> wrote:
> In <1178125256.640115.26... at o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, HMS Surprise
> wrote:
>
> > I wish to generate a datetime string that has the following format.
> > '05/02/2007 12:46'. The leading zeros are required.
>
> > I found '14.2 time' in the library reference and have pulled in
> > localtime. Are there any formatting functions available or do I need
> > to make my own? Perhaps there is something similar to C's printf
> > formatting.
>
> You mean like `time.strftime()`!?  :-)
>
> Ciao,
>         Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

Thanks for posting.

I think I have an import misconception.

I use
    import from time localtime, strftime
    t = strftime('%m/%d/%Y %H:%M', localtime())

This works. How would one use it with the module name pre-pended?

thanx,
jvh