On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:36:55 -0800 (PST), Jean Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello -
>
>I have a start and end time that is written using the
>following:
>
>time.strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S")
>
>How do I calculate the elapsed time?
>
>>> tf1 = time.strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S")
>>> tf1
'Dec 06 2005 14:07:11'
>>> tt1 = time.strptime(tf1, "%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S" )
>>> tt1
(2005, 12, 6, 14, 7, 11, 1, 340, -1)
>>> t1 = time.mktime(tt1)
>>> t1
1133906831.0
>>> tf2 = time.strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S")
>>> tf2
'Dec 06 2005 14:08:34'
>>> tt2 = time.strptime(tf2, "%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S" )
>>> tt2
(2005, 12, 6, 14, 8, 34, 1, 340, -1)
>>> t2 = time.mktime(tt2)
>>> t2
1133906914.0
>>> t2-t1
83.0
(seconds elapsed)
Perhaps time was available as a number before stftime was used? E.g., t2 can
round trip:
>>> time.ctime(t2)
'Tue Dec 06 14:08:34 2005'
>>> time.strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", time.localtime(t2))
'Dec 06 2005 14:08:34'
>>> time.strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(t2))
'Dec 06 2005 22:08:34'
for more info, see time module docs at
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html
and in general, learn how to find info starting at
http://www.python.org/doc/
also, interactively,
import time
help(time)
Regards,
Bengt Richter
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