How do I receive the updated time every time it is called in this function?

July 17, 2022

    import time
    seconds = time.time()
    local_time = time.ctime(seconds)
    print("Start Time:", local_time)
    def bot():
        x = 0
        while x < 16:
            time.sleep(1)
            print("Time:", local_time)
            x += 1

When I run this code it prints the initial time take before the function every time, I would like it to show the updated time every time local time is printed.

>Solution :

Using a variable will not re-evaluate it. You’ll need to calculate the time again each loop iteration

import time
    
def bot():
    for x in range(16):
        time.sleep(1)
        seconds = time.time()
        local_time = time.ctime(seconds)
        print("Time:", local_time)

bot()