Datetime triggers in Python?

Question

Here is an example of the problem:

datetime.utcnow() is currently: 2015-02-18 22:31:00

There is way to make Python call a method or execute any action when datetime.utcnow() reaches 2015-02-18 22:35:00 ? I wanna do this without a loop to check if datetime.utcnow() reached 2015-02-18 22:35:00, just like a trigger.

Any suggestions?

thanks,

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '15 at 22:34

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If you want to do this asynchronously, you can use threading.Timer:

t = threading.Timer(secondsUntilDesiredTime, myFunction)
t.start()

However, the timer is not guaranteed to be exact.

answered Feb 18 '15 at 22:34

rlbond

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '15 at 22:34

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You can set a cronjob from python with the python-crontab module: python-crontab 1.9.2

That way you can trigger an action at that specific time.

answered Feb 18 '15 at 22:34

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Datetime triggers in Python?

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