import _thread import time # Define a function for the thread def print_time( threadName, delay): count = 0 while count < 5: time.sleep(delay) count += 1 print ("%s: %s" % ( threadName, time.ctime(time.time()) )) # Create two threads as follows try: _thread.start_new_thread( print_time, ("Thread-1", 2, ) ) _thread.start_new_thread( print_time, ("Thread-2", 4, ) ) except: print ("Error: unable to start thread") while 1: pass #Program goes in an infinite loop. You will have to press ctrl-c to stop