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sleep_cycle() - Skaperen - Oct-24-2020 sleep_cycle.py: from time import sleep,time as secs def sleep_cycle(*arg): """Sleep to an offset time cycle. sleep_cycle(offset,cycle) returns time slept in seconds (float).""" # example: sleep to 15 minutes past the hour: sleep_cycle(3600,900) # example: sleep to noon: sleep_cycle(86400,43200) if arg: off = int(arg[0]*1000000000) cyc = int(arg[1]*1000000000) if len(arg)>1 else 0 now = int(secs()*1000000000) if cyc: off = (off-now)%cyc off = off/1000000000 sleep(off) return off else: return 0 |