XML RPC server that return date and time

xmlrpc-datetime-server.py

# http://docs.python.org/2/library/xmlrpclib.html

import datetime
from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
import xmlrpclib

def today():
    today = datetime.datetime.today()
    return xmlrpclib.DateTime(today)

server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000))
print "Listening on port 8000..."
server.register_function(today, "today")
server.serve_forever()