Python script that get the UTC time from a NTP server. Usefull when the machine clock is wrong.

current_time.py

import time
import ntplib
import logging

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def get_current_utc_time() -> float:
    logger.debug('Requesting current UTC time')
    response = ntplib.NTPClient().request('pool.ntp.org')
    logger.debug(f'UTC time : {response.tx_time}  |  {time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S',time.gmtime(response.tx_time))}')
    return response.tx_time