Yeah sounds reasonable but a little clunky :-) Davy
On 10/7/07, Michael Foord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Davy Mitchell wrote: > > IronPython console: IronPython 2.0A4 (2.0.10904.02) on .NET 2.0.50727.312 > > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > >>>> from System.DateTime import Now > >>>> print Now > >>>> > > 07/10/2007 21:23:20 > > > >>>> print "a few seconds later" + Now.ToString() > >>>> > > a few seconds later07/10/2007 21:23:20 > > > >>>> from System.DateTime import Now > >>>> print Now > >>>> > > 07/10/2007 21:24:02 > > > > > > Huh?!??! :-) > > > > > > That's kind of what I would expect. :-) > > Now is actually a (static) member of the DateTime class - but in .NET > you can do this kind of import. > > DateTime instances are immutable - so accessing 'Now' returns the > current one (which doesn't then change). When you import again you > look-up the new current time. > > Just import DateTime and access 'Now' whenever you need it... > > Michael > http://www.manning.com/foord > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > -- Davy Mitchell Blog - http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/daftspaniel Skype - daftspaniel needgod.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
