import time import threading class PluginThread(threading.Thread): def __init__(self, section, config, thread_id): threading.Thread.__init__(self) self.threadID = thread_id self.date_format = config.get(section, 'format') self.status = dict() if config.has_option(section, 'color'): self.status['color'] = config.get(section, 'color') self.freq = 1 def run(self): while True: self.status['full_text'] = time.strftime(self.date_format) time.sleep(self.freq)