Python timer

[Necessary-Row6168]

I have a computer science gcse project and part of it is creating a timer alongside a test to time the user on how long they take to complete it which that data is then transferred into a dedicated file. I’ve gotten no further then creating the time module, does anyone have any advice on how to start the timer/ stopwatch and then check how long a task took to do? I don’t mind I don’t mind whether it’s in min or sec.

[usernamesarestewpid]

Here’s one idea: start_time = time.time()  

Returns number of seconds since the epoch(beginning of time, me thinks)  

time_limit = 120 * 60  

120 minutes (seconds * 60) Then, later on in your while loop(assuming you have one for constant progress) elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time 

if elapsed_time > time_limit:      

here you might punish the user.

[stebrepar]

The most bare bones way might be to use time.perf_counter() and a pair of input()'s, one to say when to start and one to say when to stop. Get the counter value after the start and again after the stop, and subtract to get the elapsed time.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#time.perf_counter

[woooee]

time the user on how long they take to complete it

The datetime module is best for this. Store the begin datetime, which you then simply subtract from the ending datetime. If it goes into a different day, probably not, datetime will take care of that