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Proof that time.time is quicker than datetime.datetime.utcnow
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time the time
#!/usr/bin/python
from datetime import datetime
from time import clock, time
N_TIMES = 100000
def main():
begin = clock()
for _ in range(N_TIMES):
time()
print ["time()", clock() - begin]
begin = clock()
for _ in range(N_TIMES):
datetime.utcnow()
print ["datetime.utcnow()", clock() - begin]
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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