[Tutor] Dates?

[Praveen Pathiyil]

HI,

You can try the following.

import time

time_log = time.asctime(time.localtime(time.time()))

print time_log 

This will give you  --->
'Wed May  9 09:46:18 2001'

Regards,
Praveen.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Booz" <ryanbooz@alumni.psu.edu>
To: <tutor@python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:35 PM
Subject: [Tutor] Dates?


> Hello all...
> 
> I'm trying to get Python to write (in files) and examine dates and times
> in programs.  Say for a logging program or to have it parse logs and
> write particular output based on dates (or even delete stuff based on
> dates).
> 
> Anyway, I've tried to work with the time module some and have read
> through the "Time access and conversions" in the Python library
> reference.  But I can't get any "real" dates to "appear".  I can use the
> time() function and get the seconds since epoch... but not matter what I
> try to do to get a "readable" date from Python, I get the beginning of
> epoch (Dec. 31 1969).  So, my question is, how do I start getting some
> real dates that I can use in my programs that are "real"?
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> Ryan Booz
> Tech Coordinator
> Belleville Mennonite School
> 
> 
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