Re: time module methods give an am or pm value ?

[dj]

Hello again,

Does anyone know which method in the time module will generate and am
or pm ?
If none of the method will do this for me. Can I produce the value on
my own ?
Any suggestions ?

[Mark Tolonen]

"dj" <d.***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hello again,

Does anyone know which method in the time module will generate and am
or pm ?
If none of the method will do this for me. Can I produce the value on
my own ?
Any suggestions ?

>>from time import *
strftime('%I:%M:%S %p',localtime(time()))

'07:23:24 AM'

>>strftime('%I:%M:%S %p',gmtime(time()))

'02:23:39 PM'

-Mark

[Scott David Daniels]

dj wrote:

Hello again,

Does anyone know which method in the time module will generate and am
or pm ?
If none of the method will do this for me. Can I produce the value on
my own ?
Any suggestions ?

Read up about strftime (a function, not a method).

Generally, if you know you'll be using something for more than a few
uses, it is worth reading the entire documentation for that module.
People put a fair amount of effort into documentation, and they do it
to reduce the number of questions they have to answer one user at a
time. Reading the results of that effort before asking shows courtesy.
Few people mind explaining unclear documentation when the confusing part
is identified (and they know the answer). Similarly, asking (5000?, a
million?) to each spend a second so you can save an hour is bad economics.

--Scott David Daniels
Sc***********@Acm.Org

[dj]

On Jun 7, 9:24 am, "Mark Tolonen" <[e-mail]:

"dj" <[e-mail] in message

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Hello again,

Does anyone know which method in the time module will generate and am
or pm ?
If none of the method will do this for me. Can I produce the value on
my own ?
Any suggestions ?

>from time import *
strftime('%I:%M:%S %p',localtime(time()))

'07:23:24 AM'

>strftime('%I:%M:%S %p',gmtime(time()))

'02:23:39 PM'

-Mark

Hello Mark,

Thank you very much. I finally found this function in the
documentation.

[dj]

On Jun 7, 9:40 am, Scott David Daniels <[e-mail]:

dj wrote:

Hello again,

Does anyone know which method in the time module will generate and am
or pm ?
If none of the method will do this for me. Can I produce the value on
my own ?
Any suggestions ?

Read up about strftime (a function, not a method).

Generally, if you know you'll be using something for more than a few
uses, it is worth reading the entire documentation for that module.
People put a fair amount of effort into documentation, and they do it
to reduce the number of questions they have to answer one user at a
time. Reading the results of that effort before asking shows courtesy.
Few people mind explaining unclear documentation when the confusing part
is identified (and they know the answer). Similarly, asking (5000?, a
million?) to each spend a second so you can save an hour is bad economics.

--Scott David Daniels
[e-mail]

Hello Scott,

Thank you very much. I did find this function after shortly after I
posted this question.
I appreciated your help :-). And you are right, I do need to be a
better job of checking
the documentation, before I post. Thank you again for your help.