from datetime import datetime, timedelta class LoopTimer(object): """Manages loop times and sleeps until next loop.""" def __init__(self, loop_interval, run_on_hour=False): self.interval = loop_interval self.on_hour = run_on_hour self.loop_history = [] def begin_loop(self): begin_time = datetime.now() print('\n_________Starting new loop___________') print('Date: ' + begin_time.strftime('%a %d %b %y') + ', time: ' + begin_time.strftime('%H:%M') + '\n') self.__add_beginning__(begin_time) def __add_beginning__(self, time): self.loop_history.append((time,)) def __add_ending__(self, time): current = self.get_current() self.loop_history[-1] = (current[0], time) def end_loop(self): end_time = datetime.now() self.__add_ending__(end_time) def get_current(self): return self.loop_history[-1] def time_until_next(self): interval_duration = timedelta(minutes=self.interval) loop_duration = self.get_last_duration() sleep_time = interval_duration - loop_duration if self.on_hour: time_until_hour = self.get_time_to_next_hour() if time_until_hour < sleep_time: return time_until_hour return sleep_time def get_last_duration(self): if len(self.loop_history) == 0: return begin, end = self.loop_history[-1] return end - begin def get_time_to_next_hour(self): cur = datetime.now() rounded = datetime(cur.year, cur.month, cur.day, cur.hour) next_hour_time = rounded + timedelta(hours=1) return next_hour_time - datetime.now() def is_new_hour_loop(self): if len(self.loop_history) < 2: return False previous_loop = self.loop_history[-2] current_loop = self.get_current() if previous_loop[0].hour != current_loop[0].hour: return True else: return False