There are various ways to _get_ the system time >>> time1 = time.localtime(time.time()) >>> print time1 (2002, 1, 30, 19, 56, 8, 2, 30, 0) What is the way to _set_ a system time (to another value)? I suppose I'll need mktime() for this as well? >>> print time.mktime(time1) 1012416968.0 All help greatly appreciated! best regards, Daniel