init: Define TimerClass object (iss #16)

DataRepository_patrons/__init__.py

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 __version__ = "0.6.0"
+
+
+class TimerClass(object):
+    """
+    Purpose:
+      Define timer object that records elapsed time
+
+    Initiate:
+      timer = TimerClass()
+      timer._start()
+
+    Stop
+      timer._stop()
+
+    Get information:
+      timer.format
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    start : datetime object
+            Starting value for timer
+    stop  : datetime object
+            Stopping value for timer
+    delta : datetime object
+            Time difference
+    """
+
+    from datetime import datetime as dt
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.start = 0
+        self.stop = 0
+        self.delta = 0
+        self.format = ""
+
+    def _start(self):
+        self.start = self.dt.now()
+
+    def _stop(self):
+        self.stop = self.dt.now()
+        self.delta = self.stop - self.start
+        sec = self.delta.seconds + self.delta.microseconds / 1e6
+        HH = int(sec // 3600)
+        MM = int((sec // 60) - (HH * 60))
+        SS = sec - (HH * 3600) - (MM * 60)
+        self.format = "Total time: {0: 02d} hours  {1: 02d} minutes  {2: .2f} seconds".format(HH, MM, SS)