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How do we request access to import arrow?

As most know, dates and times are not pretty in python and converting UTC to Local time is a bear.

Arrow just works:

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# jeff@consultski.com

# better date and time functions for python
import arrow
utc     = arrow.utcnow()
now     = utc.to('US/Eastern')
tWday   =now.format("dddd")
tDate   =now.format("MMMM D YYYY")
tHour   =now.format("H:mm A")
tStamp  ='Last update On ' + tWday + ', ' + tDate + ' at ' + tHour + ' US Eastern time. '
print(tStamp)

#output
# Last update On Friday, September 29 2017 at 4:33 AM US Eastern time.

arrow docs

Here you go http://help.pythonanywhere.com/pages/InstallingNewModules/

Awesome. Even better, it worked!

It no longer works, at least not from cron?

ImportError: No module named arrow

Are you running it in the same environment that you installed it in? i.e. the same version of Python and/or the same virtualenv.

it is a file run by cron... you talk of web files for virtualenv, how do i ensure that cron will run the virtualenv?

do you honor the shebang for cron job?

By cron, do you mean a task you've set up on the scheduled tasks tab? (It's a bit of a nit-pick, I know, but I just wanted to make sure.)

Anyway, if so, this help page should explain everything -- just let us know if it doesn't help.

yes. cron = scheduled tasks. sorry

thanks. i could not find that link. that should solve it.

Maybe we should add the word "cron" next to the link to it on the help index page -- you're not the only one using the normal Unix terminology :-)

Yes.

aka cron or crontab

It has been too long, but the job scheduler for IBM's MVS was something like AutoRun and you might want to reference it too. {grin}

But what was the terminology for ENIAC? ;-)

I've added "similar to cron" to the section of the help page that describes scheduled tasks, hopefully that'll make it a bit more discoverable.