On Friday, December 27, 2013 1:49:54 PM UTC-5, Ned Batchelder wrote: > On 12/27/13 1:09 PM, matt.doolittl...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Friday, December 27, 2013 11:27:58 AM UTC-5, Roy Smith wrote: > > >> In article <0c33b7e4-edc9-4e1e-b919-fec210c92...@googlegroups.com>, > > >> > > >> matt.doolittl...@gmail.com wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> I am on Ubuntu 12.10. I am still working with the 2 decimal places. > > >> > > >>> Sometime ago i had this issue and I forget how i solved it. maybe i used > > >> > > >>> datetime? thanks! > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> That's strange. Linux should give you time to the microsecond, or > > >> > > >> something in that range. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Please post the *exact* code you're running. The code you posted > > >> > > >> earlier is obviously only a fragment of some larger program, so we can > > >> > > >> only guess what's happening. Assuming your program is in a file called > > >> > > >> "prog.py", run the following commands and copy-paste the output: > > >> > > >> > > > i cant run it that way. i tried using the python prompt in terminal but > > got nothing. but here is all the code relevant to this issue: > > > #all the imports > > > import sys > > > import posixpath > > > import time > > > from time import strftime > > > from datetime import datetime > > > import os > > > import wx > > > import cPickle as pickle > > > import gnuradio.gr.gr_threading as _threading > > > > > > > > > #the function that writes the time values > > > def update(self, field_values): > > > > > > now = datetime.now() > > > > > > #logger --------------- > > > # new line to write on > > > self.logfile.write('\n') > > > # write date, time, and seconds from the epoch > > > self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(strftime("%Y-%m-%d",))) > > > self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(now.strftime("%H:%M:%S",))) > > > self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(time.time())) > > > # list to store dictionary keys in tis order > > > keys = ["duid", "nac", "tgid", "source", "algid", "kid"] > > > # loop through the keys in the right order > > > for k in keys: > > > # get the value of the current key > > > f = field_values.get(k, None) > > > # if data unit has value... > > > if f: > > > # output the value with trailing tab > > > self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(str(f))) > > > # if data unit doesnt have this value print a tab > > > else: > > > self.logfile.write('\t') > > > #end logger ---------------- > > > > > > #if the field 'duid' == 'hdu', then clear fields > > > if field_values['duid'] == 'hdu': > > > self.clear() > > > elif field_values['duid'] == 'ldu1': > > > self.clear() > > > elif field_values['duid'] == 'ldu2': > > > self.clear() > > > #elif field_values['duid'] == 'tdu': > > > # self.clear() > > > #loop through all TextCtrl fields storing the key/value pairs in > > k, v > > > for k,v in self.fields.items(): > > > # get the dict value for this TextCtrl > > > f = field_values.get(k, None) > > > # if the value is empty then set the new value > > > if f: > > > v.SetValue(f) > > > > > > #sample output in a .txt file: > > > > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:33 1388164053.18 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:33 1388164053.36 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:33 1388164053.54 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:33 1388164053.73 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:33 1388164053.91 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:34 1388164054.11 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:34 1388164054.28 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:34 1388164054.48 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:34 1388164054.66 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:34 1388164054.84 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:37 1388164057.62 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:37 1388164057.81 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:37 1388164057.99 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:38 1388164058.18 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:38 1388164058.37 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:38 1388164058.54 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:38 1388164058.73 > > > 2013-12-27 12:07:38 1388164058.92 > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > Instead of: > > > > "%s" % time.time() > > > > try: > > > > "%.6f" % time.time() > > > > %.6f is a formatting code meaning, floating-point number, 6 decimal places. > > > > -- > > Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com
thanks a bunch. the "%.6f" was the cure. can you please point me to the doc for formatting time? Thanks! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list