from datetime import datetime import time def sleep(event, context): print(datetime.now().strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S") + " sleep Invoked") duration = event['DURATION'] print(datetime.now().strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %H:%M:%S") + " Duration: " + str(duration)) time.sleep(duration) if __name__ == "__main__": event = dict() event["DURATION"] = 5 sleep(event, None)