time.strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%m:%S') to log is out of order

[Jon Clements]

On 21 July, 22:00, davidj411 <davidj... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using a recursive function to print the time and a few other
> things on each pass. ( the function calculates size of file that is
> being transferred and if not 100 % copied, it waits 20 secs and checks
> again).
>
> i would expect the time to be correct anytime it is used:
>
> <--code below -->>
> print time.strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%m:%S')
> <--code above -->>
>
> here is an example of what i am seeing:
>
> 16:07:16
> 16:07:36
> 16:07:56
> 16:07:16
> 16:07:36
> 16:07:56
> 16:07:16
> 16:07:36
> 16:07:56

I assume month, day and year are actually being output and that you've
removed it from your post.

Err, what else do you expect to happen if you're doing this
recursively?