Python TimeServer (RFC 868)

[Benjamin Schollnick]

Jeff,
 
Here's the code I'm currently using:
 
import time
 
#
#
#
epoch           = 18000.0 # Thu Jan 01 @ 00:00:00 @ 1970 (Win NT v4 &
v1.5.2-0)
 
tserver_base    = 2208988800.0
 
def timeserver_calculation():
        temp = tserver_base + epoch + time.time()
        return temp
 
import sys
 
from socket import *
 
def server(host="", port=37, backlog=5):
        sock = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
        sock.bind (host, port)
        sock.listen (backlog)
        print "listening on port %s (%s, %s)" % (port, `host`, 
backlog)
        while 1:
                connection = (conn, addr) = sock.accept()
                print 'connected by %s \nat %s' % connection
                ft = timeserver_calculation()
#    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
                conn.send ( ft )
#    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
                conn.close()
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
        server('', 37, 1)
 

If I change the marked lines to:
 
    ft = float (timeserver_calculation() )

After all, RFC 868 says "send the time as a 32bit binary number".
 
C:\InetPub\wwwroot\TIMESE~1>test.py
listening on port 37 ('', 1)
connected by <socket._socketobject instance at 7f4d60>
at ('13.175.214.61', 4153)
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "C:\InetPub\wwwroot\TIMESE~1\TEST.PY", line 31, in ?
    server('', 37, 1)
  File "C:\InetPub\wwwroot\TIMESE~1\TEST.PY", line 27, in server
    conn.send ( float(ft))
  File "<string>", line 1, in send
TypeError: argument 1: expected read-only buffer, float found

Evidently conn.send doesn't like anything other than "ascii" / 
Strings.

Does anyone have a method to send binary data via socketserver?

		- Benjamin