diff --git a/proto/grpcdemo.proto b/proto/grpcdemo.proto
index b7ace85..9cb8339 100644
--- a/proto/grpcdemo.proto
+++ b/proto/grpcdemo.proto
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 // The date service
 
 service HostDateTime {
-
   rpc GetDateTime (Null) returns (CurrentDateTime) {}
 }
 
diff --git a/python/grpcdemo_client.py b/python/grpcdemo_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fce9853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/grpcdemo_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import grpc
+
+import grpcdemo_pb2
+import grpcdemo_pb2_grpc
+
+PORTNO = 6000
+
+def run():
+  channel = grpc.insecure_channel('localhost:%s' % PORTNO)
+  stub = grpcdemo_pb2_grpc.HostDateTimeStub(channel)
+  response = stub.GetDateTime(grpcdemo_pb2.Null(null=''))
+  print(response.currentdatetime + "\n")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  run()
diff --git a/python/grpcdemo_server.py b/python/grpcdemo_server.py
index 8b4ee4d..5069b48 100644
--- a/python/grpcdemo_server.py
+++ b/python/grpcdemo_server.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 class HostDateTime(grpcdemo_pb2_grpc.HostDateTimeServicer):
 
-  def SayHello(self, request, context):
-    return grpcdemo_pb2.CurrentDateTime(message='%s: %s!' % (socket.fqdn(), time.strftime("%c")))
+  def GetDateTime(self, request, context):
+    return grpcdemo_pb2.CurrentDateTime(currentdatetime='%s: %s' % (socket.getfqdn(), time.strftime("%c")))
 
 
 def serve():