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How do we get the current time?

asked 2013-05-02 15:51:02 +0100

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updated 2013-05-02 17:27:15 +0100

vdelecroix gravatar image

I would like to use the current time instead of a password as a key for some encryption. Does anyone know how to obtain the current time with Sage?

Thank you!!!!

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answered 2013-05-02 16:27:53 +0100

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Hi,

You may use the time library of Python:

sage: from time import time
sage: time()
1367522924.932015

More informations at http://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html.

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