Using %f with strftime() in Python to get microseconds
I'm trying to use strftime() to microsecond precision, which seems possible using %f (as stated here ). However when I try the following code: import time import strftime from time print strftime("%H:%M:%S.%f") ...I get the hour, the minutes and the seconds, but %f prints as %f, with no sign of the microseconds. I'm running Python 2.6.5 on Ubuntu, so it should be fine and %f should be supported (it's supported for 2.6 and above, as far as I know.) adamnfish You can use datetime's strftime function to get this. The problem is that time's strftime accepts a timetuple that does not carry