Time Difference

[Peter Hansen]

GMane Python wrote:
> Hello
>   I was wondering if there is an existing function that would let me
> determine the difference in time.  To explain:
> 
> Upon starting a program:
> 
> startup = time.time()
> 
> After some very long processing:
> now = time.time()
> 
> print <days> <hours> <minutes> <seconds>, now - startup
> 
> So, to print in a formatted way (D-H-M-S) the difference in time of startup
> and now.

 >>> from datetime import datetime
 >>> startTime = datetime.now()
    # processing....
 >>> endTime = datetime.now()
 >>> print 'elapsed', endTime - startTime
elapsed 0:00:09.063000

-Peter