CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python-2.7
cerv21
cerv21

Reputation: 433

Python2: Unable to write current time to file

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import time
from time import time, sleep

end_time = time() + 3 * 3600
while time() < end_time:
    with open('mytime.txt', 'a') as the_file:
        the_file.write(time.strftime("%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S", time.localtime()))
        sleep(60)

I am unable to print the current time to a file. My code leads to the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./mytime.py", line 58, in <module>
    the_file.write(time.strftime("%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S", time.localtime()))
AttributeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute 'strftime'

But this code works:

#!/usr/bin/python2

import time
print(time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time.localtime()))

However, it only prints the time and does not save it to a file.

Where is the difference, what do I make wrong in the first example?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 42

Answers (1)

Bartłomiej
Bartłomiej

Reputation: 1078

In the first example you have:

from time import time

That means, if you call time.strftime(...), you tell Python to call strftime from object time from module time. Because you imported only object time from module time, not entire module. And the object time is a function.

In the second example you import properly whole module:

import time

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions