if(users.has_key(mess.group(1))): time_ = int(phpsysfuncs.time.strftime("%S")) * 0.100; users[mess.group(1)] = time_ else : time_ = users[mess.group(1)] print "User "+mess.group(1)+" has already messaged, last message: ", int(phpsysfuncs.time.strftime("%S")) * 0.100 - time_ // OUTPUT Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? File "bot.py", line 57, in ? time_ = users[mess.group(1)] KeyError: '`alex'