3.3. time — Time related functions

The time module provides functions for getting the current time and for sleeping.

3.3.1. Functions

time.time()

Return the time as a floating point number expressed in seconds since the epoch.

time.sleep(msec)

Suspend execution of the current thread for the given number of seconds.

# Print "Alive!" every second
import time

while True:
  print ("Alive!")
  time.sleep(1000)