Asyncio long sleep (over 1 day)

long_sleep.py

import asyncio


async def long_sleep(arg):
    hours = 60*60

    async def bg():
        while True:
            await asyncio.sleep(12 * hours)

    task = asyncio.create_task(bg())
    try:
        await asyncio.sleep(arg)
    finally:
        task.cancel()
        
        
async def main():
    # Sleep for 50 days
    await long_sleep(60*60*24*50)

    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    asyncio.run(main())