canvasapp/timer.py

35 lines
709 B
Python

from threading import Timer
import time, datetime
mm = 18
t = datetime.datetime.today()
future = datetime.datetime(t.year,t.month,t.day,23,mm)
diff = future - t
delta = diff.total_seconds()
print("waiting until 11:%i PM, which is %i seconds from now." % (mm,delta))
def func(a, b):
print("Called function")
return a * b
# Schedule a timer for 5 seconds
# We pass arguments 3 and 4
t = Timer(delta, func, [3, 4])
start_time = time.time()
# Start the timer
t.start()
end_time = time.time()
if end_time - start_time < 5.0:
print("Timer will wait for sometime before calling the function")
else:
print("%i seconds already passed. Timer finished calling func()" % mm)