Measure current time in seconds?

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How can I take the current time in seconds in Python? I was using calendar.timegm(time.gmtime()) but I'm not sure if this given value is in seconds?

Possible duplicate of [How to get current time in Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/415511/how-to-get-current-time-in-python) — AdrienW, Jul 27 '16 at 07:34

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '16 at 07:34

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Try this :

import time
print(round(time.time()))

answered Jul 27 '16 at 07:34

Arbaz Siddiqui

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also `int(time.time())` if you don't want a `float` – John La Rooy Jul 28 '16 at 21:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 27 '16 at 07:39

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Use:

from datetime import datetime

sec = int(datetime.utcnow().total_seconds()) % 86400

answered Jul 27 '16 at 07:39

Vaibhav Bajaj

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Measure current time in seconds?

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