How to import the time module in Python?

To import the time module in Python, you use the import statement. This allows you to access various functions related to time.

Importing the `time` Module

The most common way to import the time module is:

import time

This statement makes all the functions defined within the time module available for use in your script.

Here's a simple example using the time module as shown in the reference:

Import the time module:
```
import time
```
Get the epoch time (time since the beginning):
```
epoch = time.gmtime(0)
print(epoch)
```
This will output a time.struct_time object representing the beginning of the epoch (January 1, 1970, at 00:00:00 UTC).
Convert struct_time object to a standard datetime object:
To convert the struct_time object to a standard datetime object, we need to import datetime from datetime.
```
from datetime import datetime
print(datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(epoch)))
```
This will print the datetime representation of the epoch time.

While the standard import time method is most common, here are some less common, yet valid methods:

Import specific functions (less common): You could import specific functions, but that is less common for the time module:
```
from time import gmtime, mktime # Importing only gmtime and mktime
```

In essence, to use the time module in python, you just need to write the following simple line at the beginning of your code:

import time

This simple line gives you access to all the different functions to work with time in python such as time.gmtime(), time.mktime(), and others.