class Timer(Thread):

    """Call a function after a specified number of seconds:

            t = Timer(30.0, f, args=None, kwargs=None)

            t.start()

            t.cancel()     # stop the timer's action if it's still waiting

    """

    def __init__(self, interval, function, args=None, kwargs=None):

        Thread.__init__(self)

        self.interval = interval

        self.function = function

        self.args = args if args is not None else []

        self.kwargs = kwargs if kwargs is not None else {}

        self.finished = Event()

Thread.__init__(self)

from threading import Timer

def task(name):

    print("helo %s" %name)

t = Timer(5, task, args=("mike",))

# 5秒后启动线程

t.start()