thread.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

import threading
import time

exitFlag = 0

class myThread(threading.Thread):
	def __init__(self, threadID, name, counter):
		threading.Thread.__init__(self)
		self.threadID = threadID
		self.name = name
		self.counter = counter

	def run(self):
		print("Starting " + self.name)
		print_time(self.name, 5, self.counter)
		print("Exiting " + self.name)

def print_time(threadName, counter, delay):
	while counter:
		if exitFlag:
			threadName.exit()
		time.sleep(delay)
		print(threadName + ":" + time.ctime(time.time()))
		counter -= 1

thread1 = myThread(1, "Thread-1", 1)
thread2 = myThread(2, "Thread-2", 2)

thread1.start()
thread2.start()

print("Exiting Main Thread")