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Hello and welcome to this video.

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This is going to be a two part video where we are going to create a digital clock using python from

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scratch.

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The first thing you need to do is open up the python shell and you can access the show by the python

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folder.

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So if you go to your Programs menu and inside the python folder just click on this.

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That is a point on Idol and will open up the shell.

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Once you've got the shell open we need to open up a new file.

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So you click file and click new file.

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So this new file here is where we'll actually write a program and any errors that occur will be displayed

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in the shell.

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We are going to use a few Python libraries.

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So we need to import them before we use them.

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The first the library you're going to import is the T counter library.

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So we need to import that by typing in from in lowercase space.

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And then the word T into space import and then Asterix and this will import the take into library.

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So it's available for us to use.

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So it's the first line you have to put in if you are going to use the T counter in your program.

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Take him to his library that is used to build user interfaces or interfaces in general.

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So we're going to import a sub library also from teak into.

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So we save from teak into this one is going to be called T T K next going to import the font.

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We want to use a font to take him also has fonts you can use.

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So to take into import

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font

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next we are going to import the time module cause we need to use that import time.

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Next I'm going to do is import a module for date time when we can make reference to that.

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So that's it.

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We've called all libraries next want to create a function.

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So the f is what you used to define a function.

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And I'm going to call this function quit so we'll use this to quit the application and I've been passing

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the arguments a R G S and the column makes you typing root dot this Troy

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inside the function we've just defined we've got an asterix followed by the word a R G is basically

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what that is used for is used inside function definitions and it's used to pass a non key word variable

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length so it will allow you to pass key non key word at variable length arguments as a list kind of

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like an array which allows you to pass several arguments provided they are not key words key words sometimes

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are reserved for the program so you can actually use.

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Next we've got the route dot destroy method what this will do it will.

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Course the main loop to exit.

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So when you are at the end of the way you close the window for the application does the method that

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would trigger the application to close it we just closed the session the next thing going to do is create

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an another function.

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This will be for our clock.

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So we're going to say D F I'm going to call it a clock on the score time you can call it whatever you

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want it doesn't really matter so I'm just calling it clock.

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All right.

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And you put a call on after that.

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Next thing I want to do is define a variable.

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I want to call a variable time and I'm going to set this variable to equal to the date time.

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Don't forget we import it did take time.

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So we can use it now.

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So to date time dot date time dot now which would give us to the current time the date or time method

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returns that current time.

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Also Emily milliseconds so I want to avoid that so to do that I'll need to format the time using a special

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format function.

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So to do that I've got to reference the time variable again and I'm going to have to set that to a course

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to an hour rapid round the variable dot.

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This is a special function here as call s t r f time.

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This is used to is a function used to format the time based on the arguments of past time.

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So I'm going to enclose that in double quotes and I'll pass in the format I want.

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So I want our call on and I want the minute I put cologne on I want these seconds and I close the double

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quotes close the parentheses and close the other parentheses.

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Next thing I want to do is find a way to display our time.

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So when I do text say T T which is text we can to set that to a course to the time variable so there

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is a functional metal code set don't touch this text.

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Dots time we text set.

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So this is a method and we're passing in this time variable here as the value.

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Next we want to trigger the clock so that eight stars of every one milliseconds.

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So we do route dot after and inside parentheses.

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We're passing the milliseconds a comma and then we're passing the function which is a clock block on

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the score time

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plus it.

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So we'll end this video here and in part two we will continue.

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So thanks for watching.

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And by phone.