Timestamp

So I was looking at an old post where someone used

Python 2.3.2 (#0, Dec 11 2003, 12:46:49) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Unknown)] on
Pocket PC
 >>> >>> import time
 >>> >>> clock=time.clock()
 >>> >>> local=time.localtime(clock)
 >>> >>> local
(2004, 2, 27, 10, 14, 41, 4, -1, -1)

When I tried to repeat that on my Dell Axim X5 and on the Desktop 
Emulator I always get
(1969,12,31,17...
Any idea how to actually get the time.
All I need is string that has mmddyy like 071806

I tried:
import time
from time import strftime
strftime("%m%d%y",gmtime())
and got and error
NameError: name 'gmtime' is not defined
if I throw in local from the above code it works except its not the 
current time its the default microsoft time.

Any ideas? Thanks -
Alex