Convert String with "." to int in python

I want to convert a string with a point to a int
to us it in time

import time

x = "0.5"
time.sleep(int(x))

i tried it with this simple code but i get this error

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '0.5'

is there an solutuion to convert the string to int

>Solution :

convert it to float first and then to int

x = "0.5"
print(int(float(x)))