Make a Digital Clock From Scratch in python

Today I will show you how you can create a digital clock using python and the Tkinter library.

Let's get started:

First write starter code and import statement

from tkinter import *
import time
from PIL import Image
from PIL.ImageTk import PhotoImage

root = Tk()
root.title('Digital Clock - Sailendra')
root.geometry("600x650")
root.configure(bg="#4cf5ba")

# Body of the program

root.mainloop()

Create a function for clock timer

#A function for clock
def clock():
    hour = time.strftime("%I")
    minute = time.strftime("%M")
    second = time.strftime("%S")
    am_pm = time.strftime("%P")

    clock_label.config(text=hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second + " " + am_pm) 
    clock_label.after(1000, clock) # it call clock function in every seconds

Create a label for adding a background image

#Background image
image = Image.open("img/digital_clock.png")
resized = image.resize((500, 500), Image.ANTIALIAS)
new_image = PhotoImage(resized)
image_label = Label(root, image=new_image, bg="#4cf5ba")
image_label.grid(row=0, column=0,pady=40, padx=(40, 0))

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Create a label text to display hour, minute, and second

#Create label to display watch's text
clock_label = Label(root, text="10:20:20 Am", font="Helvetica 46 bold", bg='white', fg='red') 
clock_label.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=(40, 0))

Call a clock() function

#Calling the function
clock()

Create a label for footer image/signature

#Footer image
footer_image = Image.open("img/sailendra.png")
footer_resized = footer_image.resize((120, 70), Image.ANTIALIAS)
footer_new_image = PhotoImage(footer_resized)
footer_image_label = Label(root, image=footer_new_image, bg='#4cf5ba')
footer_image_label.grid(row=1, column=0, pady=(0, 20), sticky=W)

We made it.

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