Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.021 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'string)': 0.09; 'to:addr:comp.lang.python': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'format?': 0.16; 'those,': 0.16; 'time.time()': 0.16; 'later': 0.16; 'latter': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; '---': 0.26; '(as': 0.27; 'good.': 0.32; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'compare': 0.36; 'turn': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'received:209.85.214': 0.39; 'received:209.85.214.184': 0.84; 'received:mail-ob0-f184.google.com': 0.84 Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:02:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6101355b-ae00-4482-96ee-ed60f5cb465f@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=71.224.158.131; posting-account=1oR0EAoAAAANUNTZzTcJtVHDa9M690er References: <50e576ea-2ebe-4340-954e-6c23b5885680@googlegroups.com> <508F1973.2030907@digipen.edu> <6101355b-ae00-4482-96ee-ed60f5cb465f@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Google-IP: 71.224.158.131 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: date and time comparison how to From: noydb To: comp.lang.python@googlegroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Message-ID: Lines: 5 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1351562588 news.xs4all.nl 6869 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40834 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:32456 if I do time.time() I get 1351562187.757, do it again I get 1351562212.2650= 001 --- so I can compare those, the latter is later then the former. Good.= SO how do I turn pdf_timeStamp (a string) above into time in this (as fro= m time.time()) format? Am I on the right track -- is that the way to do a = time comparison?