Source code for pipecat.utils.time

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# Copyright (c) 2024-2026, Daily
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
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"""Time utilities for the Pipecat framework.

This module provides utility functions for time handling including
ISO8601 formatting, nanosecond conversions, and human-readable
time string formatting.
"""

import datetime


[docs] def time_now_iso8601() -> str: """Get the current UTC time as an ISO8601 formatted string. Returns: The current UTC time in ISO8601 format with millisecond precision. """ return datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC).isoformat(timespec="milliseconds")
[docs] def seconds_to_nanoseconds(seconds: float) -> int: """Convert seconds to nanoseconds. Args: seconds: The number of seconds to convert. Returns: The equivalent number of nanoseconds as an integer. """ return int(seconds * 1_000_000_000)
[docs] def nanoseconds_to_seconds(nanoseconds: int) -> float: """Convert nanoseconds to seconds. Args: nanoseconds: The number of nanoseconds to convert. Returns: The equivalent number of seconds as a float. """ return nanoseconds / 1_000_000_000
[docs] def nanoseconds_to_str(nanoseconds: int) -> str: """Convert nanoseconds to a human-readable time string. Args: nanoseconds: The number of nanoseconds to convert. Returns: A formatted time string in "H:MM:SS.microseconds" format. """ total_seconds = nanoseconds_to_seconds(nanoseconds) hours = int(total_seconds // 3600) minutes = int((total_seconds % 3600) // 60) seconds = int(total_seconds % 60) microseconds = int((total_seconds - int(total_seconds)) * 1_000_000) return f"{hours}:{minutes:02}:{seconds:02}.{microseconds:06}"