Python time localtime() Method


Description

The Python time localtime() function is similar to gmtime() and is used to format a timestamp as local time. If the sec parameter is not provided, the current time is used as the conversion standard. The DST (Daylight Savings Time) flag (-1, 0 or 1) indicates whether it is daylight saving time.

Syntax

localtime() method syntax:

time.localtime([ sec ])

Parameters

  • sec -- The number of seconds to convert to an object of type time.struct_time.

Return Value

This function has no return value.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the localtime() function:

Example

#!/usr/bin/python import time print "time.localtime() : %s" % time.localtime()

The output of the above example is:

time.localtime() : time.struct_time(tm_year=2016, tm_mon=11, tm_mday=27, tm_hour=10, tm_min=26, tm_sec=5, tm_wday=6, tm_yday=332, tm_isdst=0)
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