neurotools.util.time module

Helper functions associated with time

neurotools.util.time.current_milli_time()

Returns the time in milliseconds

neurotools.util.time.today()

Returns:

`string`

Return type:

the date in YYMMDD format

neurotools.util.time.now()

Current date and time as a %Y%m%d_%H%M%S formatted string

neurotools.util.time.tic(doprint=True, prefix='')

Similar to Matlab tic stackoverflow.com/questions/5849800/tic-toc-functions-analog-in-python

Parameters:

doprint (bool) – if True, print elapsed time. Else, return it.

Returns:

t – current_milli_time()

Return type:

int

neurotools.util.time.toc(doprint=True, prefix='')

Similar to Matlab toc stackoverflow.com/questions/5849800/tic-toc-functions-analog-in-python

Parameters:

• doprint (bool) – if True, print elapsed time. Else, return it.

• prefix (str)

Returns:

• t (number) – Current timestamp

• dt (number) – Time since the last call to the tic() or toc() function.

neurotools.util.time.waitfor(t)

Spin-wait for t milliseconds.

Parameters:

t (posive number)

neurotools.util.time.outputlimiter(callback, ms=1000)

Limit output to no more than once per second.