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

mins = minutes + 1

should be

minutes = minutes + 1

Also,

minutes = 0

needs to be outside of the while loop.