time

The time module is a standard library in Python that provides various functions to work with time-related operations, such as getting the current time, measuring elapsed time, and formatting time values. It allows developers to handle timestamps, delays, and date-time conversions in a straightforward manner within Python applications.

Also known as: time module, Python time, time library, time functions, datetime utilities

Why learn time?

Developers should learn and use the time module when they need to implement time-based functionality in Python, such as adding delays with time.sleep(), benchmarking code performance using time.time() or time.perf_counter(), or converting between different time representations. It is essential for tasks like scheduling, logging with timestamps, and synchronizing operations in scripts and applications.

Learning Resources

• docs: Python time Module Documentation
• tutorial: Real Python: Python's time Module Guide
• tutorial: W3Schools Python time Tutorial
• tutorial: GeeksforGeeks: Python time Module
• video: YouTube: Python time Module Tutorial by Corey Schafer