At 02:09 PM 2/29/2008, János Juhász wrote:
> > > I've got this so far:
> > >
> > > #!/usr/bin/env python
> > > #coding=utf-8
> > > import time
> > > b = '20:00:00'
> > > while True:
> > > a = time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')
> > > time.sleep(0.5)
> > > if a == b:
> > > print "TIME!"
> > > break
> > >
>
>It needn't to make this comparison in every 0.5 seconds.
>Calculate how long to sleep and ask that from the pc.
>
>
>import time
>b = '20:00:00'
>
>(bhour, bmin, bsec) = b.split(':')
>bsec = int(bsec) + int(bmin)*60 + int(bhour)*360
>
>while True:
> act = time.localtime()
> actsec = act.tm_sec + act.tm_min*60 + act.tm_hour*360
> wait = bsec - actsec
> if wait < 0:
> wait += 360*24 # it will be tomorrow
> time.sleep(wait)
> print 'I am doing!'
> break
Ah, very nice! (But all the '360's should be '3600', of course.)
Thanks, Janos.
Dick
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