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# Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
# found in the LICENSE file.
from autotest_lib.client.common_lib import error
def get_datetime_float(host):
"""
Returns host's system time in seconds since epoch.
@param host: an Autotest host object.
@returns a float, timestamp since epoch in <seconds>.<nanoseconds>.
@raises TestError: if error reading datetime or converting its value
from string to float.
"""
r = host.run('date +%s.%N')
if r.exit_status > 0:
err = ('Error reading datetime from capturer (%r): %r' %
(r.exit_status, r.stderr))
raise error.TestError(err)
try:
return float(r.stdout)
except ValueError as e:
raise error.TestError('Error converting datetime string: %r', e)