The time module will do. >>> import time >>> time.ctime() 'Mon Jan 10 11:17:54 2005'
Use strftime if you need to format the time differently. >>> time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%m:%S",time.localtime()) '2005-01-10 11:01:45' On 9 Jan 2005 21:46:12 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am writing a script that acts as an AIM bot [using twisted.IM's base > scripts] and I want to add a logging feature. I got it to log who sends > what to whom, but what I want to add is the date and time that the > message was sent (or recieved by the bot), I tried to look at datetime > on my own, and I couldn't get anything to work. > Anyone know a simple way to get the current date and/or time? > > Thanks! > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list