import time def chunks(l, n=5): return [l[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(l), n)] def binary(n, digits=8): n=int(n) return '{0:0{1}b}'.format(n, digits) def secs(n): n=int(n) h='x' * n return "|".join(chunks(h)) def bin_bit(h): h=h.replace("1","x") h=h.replace("0"," ") return "|".join(list(h)) x=str(time.ctime()).split() y=x[3].split(":") s=y[-1] y=map(binary,y[:-1]) print bin_bit(y[0]) print print bin_bit(y[1]) print print secs(s)