On 25 Jan, 11:43, asit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > we know that time.gmtime(secs) takes a parameter secs. what does this > secs suggest ??What is it's significance ??
>From the documentation [1] with some editing: """ gmtime([secs]) Convert a time expressed in seconds since the epoch to a time structure employing UTC. If secs is not provided or None, the current time as returned by time.time() is used. The epoch is the point where the time starts. On January 1st of that year, at 0 hours, the ``time since the epoch'' is zero. For Unix, the epoch is 1970. To find out what the epoch is, look at gmtime(0). """ So, the significance of the secs parameter is that it indicates a specific point in time. Generally, you'll get this from functions like time.time or from "UNIX timestamps" stored in things like files and databases where people have wanted to indicate a point in time without having to mention things like dates, times and timezones. Paul P.S. The datetime module is preferable to the time module, really. The latter can drive you quite mad when things like timezones start to be taken into account. [1] http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
