Timer

class Timer(*args, **kwargs)

GTimer records a start time, and counts microseconds elapsed since that time.

This is done somewhat differently on different platforms, and can be tricky to get exactly right, so GTimer provides a portable/convenient interface.

Methods

class Timer

continue_() → None

destroy() → None

Destroys a timer, freeing associated resources.

elapsed(microseconds: int) → float

If timer has been started but not stopped, obtains the time since the timer was started. If timer has been stopped, obtains the elapsed time between the time it was started and the time it was stopped. The return value is the number of seconds elapsed, including any fractional part. The microseconds out parameter is essentially useless.

Parameters:

microseconds – return location for the fractional part of seconds elapsed, in microseconds (that is, the total number of microseconds elapsed, modulo 1000000), or None

is_active() → bool

Exposes whether the timer is currently active.

Added in version 2.62.

reset() → None

This function is useless; it’s fine to call start() on an already-started timer to reset the start time, so reset() serves no purpose.

start() → None

Marks a start time, so that future calls to elapsed() will report the time since start() was called. new() automatically marks the start time, so no need to call start() immediately after creating the timer.

stop() → None

Marks an end time, so calls to elapsed() will return the difference between this end time and the start time.