How to build Digital Clock in Python - Python Projects

Hello guys, in this tutorial we will create a digital clock in Python.

Here, we will use Tkinter for the GUI. Without further delay, we will start building our application.

Let's start by creating an empty tkinter window.

 

from tkinter import *
import tkinter

cor1 = "#3d3d3d"  # black
cor2 = "#fafcff"  # white
cor3 = "#21c25c"  # green
cor4 = "#eb463b"  # red
cor5 = "#dedcdc"  # gray
cor6 = "#3080f0"  # blue

root = Tk()
root.title("")
root.geometry('440x180')
root.resizable(width=FALSE, height=FALSE)
root.configure(background=cor1)

root.mainloop()

 

In the code above, we created an empty window in Tkinter, and defined some colors that we will use for our application.

Then, we will import the datetime, which will allow us to work with the time and calendar.

 

from datetime import datetime

 

After that, we will obtain the hour, day of the week, month and year.

time = datetime.now()

hour = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
weekday = time.strftime("%A")
day = time.day
month = time.strftime("%b")
year = time.strftime("%Y") 

Let's create a function and pass all of those values to that function.
 

def clock():
    time = datetime.now()
    hour = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
    weekday = time.strftime("%A")
    day = time.day
    month = time.strftime("%b")
    year = time.strftime("%Y")

After that we'll create a label that will show the time.
 

l1 = Label(root, text="10:05:05", font=('Arial  80'), bg=cor1, fg=cor3)
l1.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky=NW, padx=5)

Now let's pass the hour value to the label we just created, and execute the function

def clock():
    time = datetime.now()
    hour = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
    weekday = time.strftime("%A")
    day = time.day
    month = time.strftime("%b")
    year = time.strftime("%Y")
    l1.config(text=hour)

Very well now, to keep the time dynamic, we will use the following within the function:

l1.after(200, clock)

Now that our watch is already running, we will also pass the remaining values, creating a new label.

l2 = Label(root,  font=('Arial  20'), bg=cor1, fg=cor3)
l2.grid(row=1, column=0, sticky=NW, padx=5)

And within the clock function we will configure it as follows:

l2.config(text=weekday + "" + str(day) + "/" + str(month) + "/" + (year))

 

The functionalities of our clock are already ready, now we are going to style our clock so that it looks more digital.

First let's download the font here on this site. font https://www.1001fonts.com/digital-7-font.html

After downloading and extracting the sources, and placing it in the same directory where our python script is, we will add it to our application, but for that we will have to install another Python library first, which is:

pip install pyglet

After installation, write the following code to add the font we just downloaded.

import pyglet
pyglet.font.add_file('digital-7.ttf')

After importing and linking the font, just use the font and it will be active.

Full code
 

from tkinter import *
import tkinter
from datetime import datetime

import pyglet
pyglet.font.add_file('digital-7.ttf')


cor1 = "#3d3d3d"  # black
cor2 = "#fafcff"  # white
cor3 = "#21c25c"  # green
cor4 = "#eb463b"  # red
cor5 = "#dedcdc"  # gray
cor6 = "#3080f0"  # blue

root = Tk()
root.title("")
root.geometry('300x150')
root.resizable(width=FALSE, height=FALSE)
root.configure(background=cor1)


def clock():
    time = datetime.now()

    hour = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
    weekday = time.strftime("%A")
    day = time.day
    month = time.strftime("%b")
    year = time.strftime("%Y")
    l1.config(text=hour)
    l1.after(200, clock)
    l2.config(text=weekday + "" + str(day) + "/" + str(month) + "/" + (year))


l1 = Label(root, text="10:05:05", font=('digital-7  80'), bg=cor1, fg=cor3)
l1.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky=NW, padx=5)

l2 = Label(root,  font=('digital-7  20'), bg=cor1, fg=cor3)
l2.grid(row=1, column=0, sticky=NW, padx=5)

clock()

root.mainloop()