need to print seconds from the epoch including the millisecond

[matt.doolittle33 at gmail.com]

On Friday, December 27, 2013 1:49:54 PM UTC-5, Ned Batchelder wrote:
> On 12/27/13 1:09 PM, matt.doolittle33 at gmail.com wrote:
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> > On Friday, December 27, 2013 11:27:58 AM UTC-5, Roy Smith wrote:
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> >> In article <0c33b7e4-edc9-4e1e-b919-fec210c92d4a at googlegroups.com>,
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> >>   matt.doolittle33 at gmail.com wrote:
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> >>> I am on Ubuntu 12.10.   I am still working with the 2 decimal places.
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> >>> Sometime ago i had this issue and I forget how i solved it. maybe i used
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> >>> datetime? thanks!
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> >> That's strange.  Linux should give you time to the microsecond, or
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> >> something in that range.
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> >> Please post the *exact* code you're running.  The code you posted
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> >> earlier is obviously only a fragment of some larger program, so we can
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> >> only guess what's happening.  Assuming your program is in a file called
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> >> "prog.py", run the following commands and copy-paste the output:
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> > i cant run it that way.  i tried using the python prompt in terminal but got nothing.  but here is all the code relevant to this issue:
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> > #all the imports
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> > import sys
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> > import posixpath
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> > import time
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> > from time import strftime
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> > from datetime import datetime
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> > import os
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> > import wx
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> > import cPickle as pickle
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> > import gnuradio.gr.gr_threading as _threading
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> > #the function that writes the time values
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> >   def update(self, field_values):
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> >          now = datetime.now()
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> >          #logger ---------------
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> >          #  new line to write on
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> >          self.logfile.write('\n')
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> >          #  write date, time, and seconds from the epoch
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> >          self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(strftime("%Y-%m-%d",)))
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> >          self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(now.strftime("%H:%M:%S",)))
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> >          self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(time.time()))
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> >          # list to store dictionary keys in tis order
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> >          keys = ["duid", "nac",  "tgid", "source", "algid", "kid"]
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> >          # loop through the keys in the right order
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> >          for k in keys:
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> >              #  get the value of the current key
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> >              f = field_values.get(k, None)
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> >              # if data unit has value...
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> >              if f:
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> >                  #  output the value with trailing tab
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> >                  self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(str(f)))
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> >              # if data unit doesnt have this value print a tab
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> >              else:
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> >                  self.logfile.write('\t')
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> >          #end logger ----------------
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> >          #if the field 'duid' == 'hdu', then clear fields
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> >          if field_values['duid'] == 'hdu':
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> >              self.clear()
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> >          elif field_values['duid'] == 'ldu1':
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> >              self.clear()
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> >          elif field_values['duid'] == 'ldu2':
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> >              self.clear()
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> >          #elif field_values['duid'] == 'tdu':
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> >           #   self.clear()
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> >          #loop through all TextCtrl fields storing the key/value pairs in k, v
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> >          for k,v in self.fields.items():
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> >              # get the dict value for this TextCtrl
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> >              f = field_values.get(k, None)
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> >              # if the value is empty then set the new value
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> >              if f:
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> >                  v.SetValue(f)
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> >
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> > #sample output in a .txt file:
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:33	1388164053.18
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:33	1388164053.36
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:33	1388164053.54
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:33	1388164053.73
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:33	1388164053.91
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:34	1388164054.11
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:34	1388164054.28
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:34	1388164054.48
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:34	1388164054.66
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:34	1388164054.84
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:37	1388164057.62
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:37	1388164057.81
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:37	1388164057.99
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:38	1388164058.18
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:38	1388164058.37
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:38	1388164058.54
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:38	1388164058.73
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> > 2013-12-27	12:07:38	1388164058.92
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> > Thanks!
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> Instead of:
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>      "%s" % time.time()
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> try:
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>      "%.6f" % time.time()
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> %.6f is a formatting code meaning, floating-point number, 6 decimal places.
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> -- 
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> Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com

thanks a bunch.  the "%.6f"  was the cure.  can you please point me to the doc for formatting time?  Thanks!