@classmethod
def get_vpp_time(cls):
- return float(cls.vapi.cli('show clock').replace("Time now ", ""))
+ # processes e.g. "Time now 2.190522, Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:29:54 GMT"
+ # returns float("2.190522")
+ timestr = cls.vapi.cli('show clock')
+ head, sep, tail = timestr.partition(',')
+ head, sep, tail = head.partition('Time now')
+ return float(tail)
@classmethod
def sleep_on_vpp_time(cls, sec):