>>> import time >>> from time import gmtime, strftime get local date and time >>> time.asctime( time.localtime(time.time()) ) 'Thu Nov 27 18:25:11 2014' >>> strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") '2014-11-27 18:28:35' get GMT time >>> strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", gmtime()) '2014-11-27 17:25:49' time.sleep(60) wait one hour time.sleep(60*60) |