🔒 time module

[finite prawn]

just need some clarification on how the time function works

[fallow bobcat]

@finite prawn

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[heavy lantern]

name your variables something else than time

!d time.time

[fallow bobcat]

time.time

time.time() → float```
Return the time in seconds since the [epoch](https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#epoch) as a floating point number. The handling of [leap seconds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second) is platform dependent. On Windows and most Unix systems, the leap seconds are not counted towards the time in seconds since the [epoch](https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#epoch). This is commonly referred to as [Unix time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time).

Note that even though the time is always returned as a floating point number, not all systems provide time with a better precision than 1 second. While this function normally returns non-decreasing values, it can return a lower value than a previous call if the system clock has been set back between the two calls.

[finite prawn]

if i make it x.time()

what is it doing to x

[heavy lantern]

what is x ?

[finite prawn]

this is the example

[heavy lantern]

ok , and ?

i am not sure i understand what you are trying to say

can you explain ?

[finite prawn]

i dont get what the time function is doing to the time variable

[heavy lantern]

time is a library
it has a function called time inside of it

it is just calling that function

[finite prawn]

oh im dumb

[heavy lantern]

if the library was named something like timeisnotreal , you would use the function as timeisnotreal.time()

[finite prawn]

yeah i understand

i think thats all i need to know

cheers

[heavy lantern]

🥂

[fallow bobcat]

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