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Description

from time import *

Imports all methods from the time module.

sleep(seconds)

Pauses the program for the specified number of seconds.

clock()

Returns the current processor time as a floating number expressed in seconds.

localtime()

Converts a time expressed in seconds since January 1, 2000 into a nine-tuple containing year, month, month day, hour, minute, second, weekday, year day, and Daylight Savings Time (DST) flag.

If the optional (seconds) argument is not provided, then the real-time clock is used.

ticks_cpu()

Returns a processor specific increasing millisecond counter with arbitrary reference point.

For measuring time consistently across different systems, use ticks_ms().

ticks_diff()

Measures period between consecutive calls to ticks_cpu() or ticks_ms().

This function should not be used to measure arbitrarily long periods of time.