def _update(self):
        """update tkk
        """
        # we don't need to update the base TKK value when it is still valid
        now = math.floor(int(time.time() * 1000) / 3600000.0)
        if self.tkk and int(self.tkk.split('.')[0]) == now:
            return

        r = self.session.get(self.host)

        raw_tkk = self.RE_TKK.search(r.text)
        if raw_tkk:
            self.tkk = raw_tkk.group(1)
            return

        # this will be the same as python code after stripping out a reserved word 'var'
        code = unicode(self.RE_TKK.search(r.text).group(1)).replace('var ', '')
        # unescape special ascii characters such like a \x3d(=)
        if PY3:  # pragma: no cover
            code = code.encode().decode('unicode-escape')
        else:  # pragma: no cover
            code = code.decode('string_escape')

        if code:
            tree = ast.parse(code)
            visit_return = False
            operator = '+'
            n, keys = 0, dict(a=0, b=0)
            for node in ast.walk(tree):
                if isinstance(node, ast.Assign):
                    name = node.targets[0].id
                    if name in keys:
                        if isinstance(node.value, ast.Num):
                            keys[name] = node.value.n
                        # the value can sometimes be negative
                        elif isinstance(node.value, ast.UnaryOp) and \
                                isinstance(node.value.op, ast.USub):  # pragma: nocover
                            keys[name] = -node.value.operand.n
                elif isinstance(node, ast.Return):
                    # parameters should be set after this point
                    visit_return = True
                elif visit_return and isinstance(node, ast.Num):
                    n = node.n
                elif visit_return and n > 0:
                    # the default operator is '+' but implement some more for
                    # all possible scenarios
                    if isinstance(node, ast.Add):  # pragma: nocover
                        pass
                    elif isinstance(node, ast.Sub):  # pragma: nocover
                        operator = '-'
                    elif isinstance(node, ast.Mult):  # pragma: nocover
                        operator = '*'
                    elif isinstance(node, ast.Pow):  # pragma: nocover
                        operator = '**'
                    elif isinstance(node, ast.BitXor):  # pragma: nocover
                        operator = '^'
            # a safety way to avoid Exceptions
            clause = compile('{1}{0}{2}'.format(
                operator, keys['a'], keys['b']), '', 'eval')
            value = eval(clause, dict(__builtin__={}))
            result = '{}.{}'.format(n, value)

            self.tkk = result