In python, how can I make a program sleep based on the real-world clock instead of the CPU clock

Question

TL;DR; How to make a program sleep based on the real-world clock instead of the CPU clock without using while ...: pass

In python, I can make a program sleep for a certain amount of time using the time.sleep() function. However, this function follows the CPU clock which means if I make the program sleep for one hour and in the middle of that my PC goes to sleep for 30 minutes, the program will actually sleep for one and a half hours.

My primary intention in using sleep is to overcome GitHub API's rate limit. Therefore, when I make the program sleep for one hour, I want it to sleep for exactly one hour (plus the scheduling overhead).

One possible solution could be using while ...: pass until a certain time. However, this would keep a processor busy the whole time and that is something I don't want.

Is there any way to make a python program sleep following the real-world clock?

Answer 1

You can use the pause module:

import pause

pause.seconds(3600)