Update time display on line by overwriting not adding new lines

Asked Apr 27 '17 at 19:28

Active Apr 30 '17 at 19:27

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I want to create a clock in python. I have this so far

from datetime import datetime

for i in range (99999999999):
    now = datetime.now()
    print (now)

This outputs the time great but it keeps generating lines whereas I want it on one line and keep updating that single line, not updating to a new line.

It does this

2017-04-27 20:21:47.529404
2017-04-27 20:21:47.531409
2017-04-27 20:21:47.532412
2017-04-27 20:21:47.534417
2017-04-27 20:21:47.536422
2017-04-27 20:21:47.537425
2017-04-27 20:21:47.539430

edited Apr 30 '17 at 19:27

rlandster

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asked Apr 27 '17 at 19:28

Declan Painter

Possible duplicate of [How to overwrite the previous print to stdout in python?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5419389/how-to-overwrite-the-previous-print-to-stdout-in-python) – christophano Apr 27 '17 at 21:52
Fixed grammar and improved title. – rlandster Apr 30 '17 at 19:27

Update time display on line by overwriting not adding new lines

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