diff --git a/python-stdlib/time/manifest.py b/python-stdlib/time/manifest.py
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+metadata(version="0.1")
+
+module("time.py")
diff --git a/python-stdlib/time/time.py b/python-stdlib/time/time.py
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+from utime import *
+from micropython import const
+
+_TS_YEAR = const(0)
+_TS_MON = const(1)
+_TS_MDAY = const(2)
+_TS_HOUR = const(3)
+_TS_MIN = const(4)
+_TS_SEC = const(5)
+_TS_WDAY = const(6)
+_TS_YDAY = const(7)
+_TS_ISDST = const(8)
+
+_WDAY = const(("Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"))
+_MDAY = const(
+    (
+        "January",
+        "February",
+        "March",
+        "April",
+        "May",
+        "June",
+        "July",
+        "August",
+        "September",
+        "October",
+        "November",
+        "December",
+    )
+)
+
+
+def strftime(datefmt, ts):
+    from io import StringIO
+
+    fmtsp = False
+    ftime = StringIO()
+    for k in datefmt:
+        if fmtsp:
+            if k == "a":
+                ftime.write(_WDAY[ts[_TS_WDAY]][0:3])
+            elif k == "A":
+                ftime.write(_WDAY[ts[_TS_WDAY]])
+            elif k == "b":
+                ftime.write(_MDAY[ts[_TS_MON] - 1][0:3])
+            elif k == "B":
+                ftime.write(_MDAY[ts[_TS_MON] - 1])
+            elif k == "d":
+                ftime.write("%02d" % ts[_TS_MDAY])
+            elif k == "H":
+                ftime.write("%02d" % ts[_TS_HOUR])
+            elif k == "I":
+                ftime.write("%02d" % (ts[_TS_HOUR] % 12))
+            elif k == "j":
+                ftime.write("%03d" % ts[_TS_YDAY])
+            elif k == "m":
+                ftime.write("%02d" % ts[_TS_MON])
+            elif k == "M":
+                ftime.write("%02d" % ts[_TS_MIN])
+            elif k == "P":
+                ftime.write("AM" if ts[_TS_HOUR] < 12 else "PM")
+            elif k == "S":
+                ftime.write("%02d" % ts[_TS_SEC])
+            elif k == "w":
+                ftime.write(str(ts[_TS_WDAY]))
+            elif k == "y":
+                ftime.write("%02d" % (ts[_TS_YEAR] % 100))
+            elif k == "Y":
+                ftime.write(str(ts[_TS_YEAR]))
+            else:
+                ftime.write(k)
+            fmtsp = False
+        elif k == "%":
+            fmtsp = True
+        else:
+            ftime.write(k)
+    val = ftime.getvalue()
+    ftime.close()
+    return val