Plain simple unix timestamp with an HTTP GET

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I don't know what tools do you have on embedded system, but I really
don't think this has to be using Python.

Here is what I would do on a normal desktop using your unique way to
set up time:

  date -s "$(curl -s -I http://example.com | grep Date | cut -d \  -f
2-)"


On Jun 4, 8:05 am, Ross <ros... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to just quickly and with a minimum of parsing (ie no screen-
> scraping) get a unix epoch timestamp (or another format if necessary).
>
>  I thought with a quick second search on Google I'd find a URL where I
> could do a simple urllib2 based HTTP  GET and have a timestamp
> returned to me. I don't want to use NTP.
> I need this because I want to run it on an embedded system where I
> don't have a local timesource, but do have a network service. I'm very
> low on memory tho.
>
> I can set up my own service on django I suppose, and just render back
> the timestamp from datetime.time() but SURELY someone else is already
> doing that?
>
> My googling has fallen flat. Any suggestions.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -Ross.