outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2013-08-02 03:54 -0700
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Subject	outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds
From	matt.doolittle33@gmail.com

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Hey everybody,

I am using 2.7 on Ubuntu 12.10.  All I need to do is to print time with the microseconds.  I have been looking at the docs and trying things for about half a day now with no success.  Currently my code looks like this:

        #  write date and time and microseocnds
        self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(str(strftime("%Y-%m-%d", ))))
        self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(str(strftime("%H:%M:%S", ))))
        self.logfile.write('%s\t'%(str(time())))

the output looks like this:

2013-08-02	06:01:43       00:00:00	
2013-08-02	06:01:43       00:00:00					
2013-08-02	06:01:43       00:00:00				
2013-08-02	06:01:43       00:00:00						
2013-08-02	06:01:43       00:00:00						
2013-08-02	06:01:43       00:00:00				
2013-08-02	06:01:43       00:00:00						
2013-08-02	06:01:43       00:00:00						
2013-08-02	06:01:43       00:00:00						
2013-08-02	06:01:44       00:00:00					
2013-08-02	06:01:44       00:00:00				

as you can see in the 2nd column the observations occur with 'fractional second' frequency, up to 8 or 9 per second.  You can also see my latest attempt to get the microseconds in the third column is not working.  It would really be great if python had a way to just tack the microseconds (actually i think milliseconds would be better) on to the second (in the 2nd column) as a fraction. If this is not possible I need the extra write statement for just the microseconds (millisecond if possible). 

Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks!

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outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds matt.doolittle33@gmail.com - 2013-08-02 03:54 -0700
  Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-02 12:08 +0000
  Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2013-08-02 13:59 +0200
    Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds matt.doolittle33@gmail.com - 2013-08-02 06:17 -0700
      Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2013-08-05 08:15 +0200
  Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-02 12:35 +0000
    Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds matt.doolittle33@gmail.com - 2013-08-02 08:09 -0700
  Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-02 07:37 -0500
    Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds matt.doolittle33@gmail.com - 2013-08-02 07:18 -0700
      Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-02 10:15 -0500
  Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-02 13:50 +0100
  Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds matt.doolittle33@gmail.com - 2013-08-04 04:30 -0700
    Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2013-08-04 13:57 +0200
    Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-04 13:38 +0000
    Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-04 10:33 -0400
      Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds matt.doolittle33@gmail.com - 2013-08-07 19:51 -0700
        Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-08 07:03 -0500
          Re: outputting time in microseconds or milliseconds Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-08 09:30 -0400

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