stopwatch timer for a simulation

Question

I want to set an initial time in zero (0 seconds) and do something until the end of run time duration (let's say 3600 seconds)

This program is for simulation and I think I can't simply use counter since the other procedures will occur while the simulation is running.

For example

start = 0
run_time = 3600
timer = 0
while timer <= run_time:
    print(timer)
    # do other stuff

check out the 2nd answer [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55287184/run-python-program-until-specific-time) and this [thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1191374/using-module-subprocess-with-timeout) — Gene Burinsky, Jul 09 '20 at 01:29

user10637953 · Answer 1 · 2020-07-09T01:37:36.990

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Try this:

from time import time

print("Stopwatch running..")
t0 = time()
watch = 0

while watch-t0 < 3:
    watch = time()
    # Your Code

print(" Finished!\n Time =",watch - t0)

edited Jul 09 '20 at 01:37

answered Jul 09 '20 at 01:31

user10637953

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '20 at 01:31

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You could simply use datetime module:

import datetime as dt

start = dt.datetime.now()
run_time = dt.timedelta(seconds=3600)

while dt.datetime.now() <= start + run_time:
   ....
   ....

answered Jul 09 '20 at 01:31

NotAName

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '20 at 01:34

I see what you mean, you can use threads to accomplish this

from threading import Thread
from time import sleep

run_time = 10 #seconds

def WhateverYourDoing():
    while run:
        print("Look, I'm doing stuff!")
        sleep(1)

sim = Thread(target=WhateverYourDoing)

for x in range(3, 0, -1):
    print(x)
    sleep(1)
print("Go!")
run = True
sim.start()
sleep(run_time)
run = False
print("DONE")

stopwatch timer for a simulation

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