title: python failing to cast a float to int
body: <p>I'm having a little problem to understand why python won't cast a float to an int. The following is a code snippet.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import time
  
  now = time.time()
  print type(now)
  int(now)
  print type(now)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And this is the result I get, I can't quite figure out why. Any ideas? Thanks in advance</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;type 'float'&gt;
  &lt;type 'float'&gt;
  </code></pre>