qgis

from qgis.gui import * 
from PyQt4.QtGui import * 
from PyQt4.QtCore import * 
canvas = qgis.utils.iface.mapCanvas() 
sc = canvas.scene() 
mx = canvas.extent() 
anit = QgsTextAnnotationItem(canvas) 
anit.setMapPosition(mx.center()) 
dctext = QTextDocument("Date and Time  ") 
anit.setDocument(dctext) 
sc.addItem(anit) 
canvas.refresh() 



sc.removeItem(anit) 
在线程中更新以及显示
one can update by just updating the pointer anit 
dctext.setPlainText( " new date ") 
anit.setDocument(dctext) 
canvas.refresh()