Python time sleep: Examples to add DELAY to your code

Sometimes you need to add delay to your specific code. Python has a built-in Sleep Function for such functionality. The sleep() function is part of the time module. 

Using sleep() function in Python

Let’s take a look at how to use the sleep functions in Python. We will use the current time to check the time difference.

import time t = time.localtime() current_time = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", t) print(current_time) print("I am here") time.sleep(5) print("I had to wait 5 seconds") t = time.localtime() current_time = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", t) print(current_time)

The following is the output.

Delay function execution

Use the time.sleep function in the user-defined function to delay the execution of the python function.

import time print('Code Execution Started') def display(): time.sleep(5) print('I am in function')     print('Function Execution Delayed') display()

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Adding delay using Event().wait function

In the threading library there is a function called event.wait() that can be used to add delay in the code.

from threading import Event print('Code Execution Started') def display(): print('I am in the function') Event().wait(5) display()

Using Timer for delay

We can also use timer function to add delay to code.

from threading import Timer print('Code Execution Started') def display(): print('I am in the function') t = Timer(5, display) t.start()