Creating a timer in python

Question

import time
def timer():
   now = time.localtime(time.time())
   return now[5]


run = raw_input(\"Start? > \")
while run == \"start\":
   minutes = 0
   current_         


        

Answer 1

I'd use a timedelta object.

from datetime import datetime, timedelta

...
period = timedelta(minutes=1)
next_time = datetime.now() + period
minutes = 0
while run == 'start':
    if next_time <= datetime.now():
        minutes += 1
        next_time += period