Question

In the code shown below, I need to manipulate the time var in python to display a date/time stamp in python to represent that delay.

For example, when the user enters the delay time in hours, I need to set the jcarddeliver var to update itself with the value of the current date/time + delay.

Also it should update the date var as well. For example, if the date is 24 Feb and time is 15:00 hrs and the delay time is 10 hrs, the jcarddeliver date should change to 25 Feb.

jcarddate = time.strftime("%a %m/%d/%y", time.localtime())
jcardtime = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.localtime())
delay = raw_input("enter the delay: ")
jcarddeliver = ??

I just hope I am making sense.

Answer 1

You could try the datetime module, e.g.

import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now()
delay = float (raw_input ("enter delay (s): "))
dt = datetime.timedelta (seconds=delay)
then = now + dt
print now
print then