from datetime import datetime def create_id(prefix = "test"): '''creates id with a prefix chosen by user''' thisday = datetime.now() return prefix+str(thisday.year)+str(thisday.month)+str(thisday.year)+ str(thisday.hour)+str(thisday.minute)+str(thisday.second) if __name__ == "__main__": new_id = create_id("RUBEN") print new_id