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#!/usr/bin/python
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"""Auxiliary file for AdSense Host API code samples."""
__author__ = 'jalc@google.com (Jose Alcerreca)'
import datetime
def GetUniqueName(max_len=None):
"""Returns a unique value to append to various properties in the samples.
Shamelessly stolen from http://code.google.com/p/google-api-ads-python.
Args:
max_len: int Maximum length for the unique name.
Returns:
str Unique name.
"""
dt = datetime.datetime.now()
name = '%s%s%s%s%s%s%s' % (dt.microsecond, dt.second, dt.minute, dt.hour,
dt.day, dt.month, dt.year)
if max_len > len(name):
max_len = len(name)
return name[:max_len]