Python | time.time_ns() method
Time module in Python provides various time-related functions. This module comes under Python’s standard utility modules.
time.time_ns()
method of Time module is used to get the time in nanoseconds since the epoch. To get the time in seconds since the epoch, we can use time.time()
method.
The epoch is the point where the time starts and is platform dependent. On Windows and most Unix systems, the epoch is January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 (UTC) and leap seconds are not counted towards the time in seconds since the epoch. To check what the epoch is on a given platform we can use time.gmtime(0).
Note: time.time_ns()
method is new in Python version 3.7
Syntax:
time.time_ns()Parameter:
No parameter is required.Return type:
This method returns an integer value which
represents the time in nanoseconds since the epoch.
Code: Use of time.time_ns()
method
# Python program to explain time.time_ns() method # importing time module import time # Get the epoch obj = time.gmtime( 0 ) epoch = time.asctime(obj) print ( "epoch is:" , epoch) # Get the time in seconds # since the epoch # using time.time() method time_sec = time.time() # Get the time in nanoseconds # since the epoch # using time.time_ns() method time_nanosec = time.time_ns() # Print the time # in seconds since the epoch print ( "Time in seconds since the epoch:" , time_sec) # Print the time # in nanoseconds since the epoch print ( "Time in nanoseconds since the epoch:" , time_nanosec) |
epoch is: Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Time in seconds since the epoch: 1567451658.4676464 Time in nanoseconds since the epoch: 1567451658467647709
References: https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#time.time_ns