Python equivalent of settimeofday()?

[Narendra C. Tulpule]

Hi,
do you know how (or if) I can set time on a system using Python?
i.e. is there an equivalent of the shell's 'date -s' or the system
call settimeofday()?
Thanks -
-- Naren.

 

[Jeff Epler]

I don't think anybody's exposed it to Python yet. However, this would
be an easy thing to write in C, SWIG, Pyrex, or ctypes. Pick one and
get your feet wet!

 

[Peter Hansen]

do you know how (or if) I can set time on a system using Python?
i.e. is there an equivalent of the shell's 'date -s' or the system
call settimeofday()?

Maybe some variation on this?

import os,time

def settimeofday(tt):
ts = time.ctime(tt)
os.system("/sbin/hwclock --set '--date=%s'"% ts)
os.system("/sbin/hwclock --hctosys")


??

Note the final line, which retrieves the time from the hardware so the
system clock is also updated.

-Peter