Time functions

[Matimus]

On May 2, 10:21 am, HMS Surprise <j... at datavoiceint.com> wrote:
> 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

I would think that what you have written there shouldn't work at
all...

it would need to be:

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from time import localtime, strftime
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to use the prepended module name just do this instead:

[code]
import time
t = time.strftime('%m/%d/%Y %H:%M', time.localtime())
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