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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# file: get_ntp_time.py
+# abstract: get latest time from ntp server
+#
+# credit is to be given to this StackOverflow post:
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36500197/python-get-time-from-ntp-server#49255977
+
+import ntplib
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+c = ntplib.NTPClient()
+# Provide the respective ntp server ip in below function
+response = c.request('uk.pool.ntp.org', version=3)
+response.offset
+# UTC timezone used here, for working with different timezones you can use [pytz library][1]
+print (datetime.fromtimestamp(response.tx_time, timezone.utc))