What does microtime () return in python?

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Example

Return the current Unix timestamp with microseconds:

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Definition and Usage

The microtime[] function returns the current Unix timestamp with microseconds.

Syntax

Parameter Values

ParameterDescription

return_float

Optional. When set to TRUE it specifies that the function should return a float, instead of a string. Default is FALSE

Technical Details

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Returns the string "microsec sec" by default, where sec is the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch [0:00:00 January 1, 1970 GMT], and microsec is the microseconds part. If the return_float parameter is set to TRUE, it returns a float representing the current time in seconds since the Unix epoch accurate to the nearest microsecond

PHP 5.0: Added the return_float parameter

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I've looked all around, and there seem to be a lot of hacks, but no simple, "good" ways to do this. I want to convert a Python datetime object into microtime like time.time[] returns [seconds.microseconds].

What's the best way to do this? Using mktime[] strips off the microseconds altogether, you could conceivably build up a timedelta, but that doesn't seem right. You could also use a float[strftime["%s.%f"]] [accounting for rounding seconds properly], but that seems like a super-hack.

What's the "right" way to do this?

agf

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asked Aug 30, 2011 at 2:58

time.mktime[dt.timetuple[]] + dt.microsecond / 1000000.0

works if you don't want to use strftime and float.

It returns the same thing as time.time[] with dt = datetime.datetime.now[].

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 3:20

agfagf

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def microtime[dt]:
    unixtime = dt - datetime.datetime[1970, 1, 1]
    return unixtime.days*24*60*60 + unixtime.seconds + unixtime.microseconds/1000000.0

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 3:10

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import time;

microtime=int[time.time[]*1000];

print microtime;

answered Sep 27, 2018 at 12:20

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microtime — Return current Unix timestamp with microseconds

Description

microtime[bool $as_float = false]: string|float

For performance measurements, using hrtime[] is recommended.

Parameters

as_float

If used and set to true, microtime[] will return a float instead of a string, as described in the return values section below.

Return Values

By default, microtime[] returns a string in the form "msec sec", where sec is the number of seconds since the Unix epoch [0:00:00 January 1,1970 GMT], and msec measures microseconds that have elapsed since sec and is also expressed in seconds as a decimal fraction.

If as_float is set to true, then microtime[] returns a float, which represents the current time in seconds since the Unix epoch accurate to the nearest microsecond.

Examples

Example #1 Timing script execution

Example #2 microtime[] and REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT

What is a Microtime?

Definition of microtime : a very short interval of time [as 0.01 millionth of a second] microtime photography.

What is Microtime true in PHP?

PHP microtime[] function returns the current Unix timestamp. By default this returns a string value in the form msec sec. If you pass the boolean value true as a parameter to this method, it returns the current time in seconds since the Unix epoch accurate to the nearest microsecond.

How do you get milliseconds Python?

Using time..

Syntax. The syntax of time[] method is as follows − time.time[] ... .

Example. In the following example code, we use the time. ... .

Output. The output of the above code is as follows; The epoch is: Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Milliseconds since epoch: 1662372570512. ... .

Example. ... .

Output..

How do I convert time to milliseconds Python?

Practical Data Science using Python You can get the current time in milliseconds in Python using the time module. You can get the time in seconds using time. time function[as a floating point value]. To convert it to milliseconds, you need to multiply it with 1000 and round it off.