Get current system time of a machine on the network

Question

I understand that I can query system time of my machine like this:

from datetime import datetime
datetime.now()

Is there a way to query the system time of another machine on the windows network? Eg of \\mynetworkpc.

anijhaw · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-18T16:32:47.837

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on a Windows machine there is net time \\<remote-ip address> to get the time of a remote machine but I don't know if it is portable.

>>> import subprocess
>>> subprocess.call(r"net time \\172.21.5.135")
Current time at \\172.21.5.135 is 10/18/2010 12:32 PM

The command completed successfully.

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edited Oct 18 '10 at 16:32

answered Oct 18 '10 at 16:00

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this works for me. In addition to ip address, you could also use the machine name, both work fine.. Thanks ! – SIndhu Oct 18 '10 at 17:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You could combine a Python WMI module with the answers to this question: get-remote-pcs-date-time

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Oct 18 '10 at 15:51

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Get current system time of a machine on the network

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