# File: socket-example-2.py

import socket
import struct, time

# user-accessible port
PORT = 8037

# reference time
TIME1970 = 2208988800L

# establish server
service = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
service.bind(("", PORT))
service.listen(1)

print "listening on port", PORT

while 1:
    # serve forever
    channel, info = service.accept()
    print "connection from", info
    t = int(time.time()) + TIME1970
    t = struct.pack("!I", t)
    channel.send(t) # send timestamp
    channel.close() # disconnect

## listening on port 8037
## connection from ('127.0.0.1', 1469)
## connection from ('127.0.0.1', 1470)
## ...