#!/usr/bin/python
# Run a timer and save it to a file
import time
from datetime import timedelta
count = 0
while True:
    # Code executed here
    time.sleep(1)
    count += 1
    elapsedTime = timedelta(seconds=count)
    # convert integer into hh:mm:ss format
    lineout =  "{\"clock\":\"" + str(elapsedTime) + "\"}"
    
    # write message to file
    text_file = open("sim_clock.json", "w")
    text_file.write(lineout)
    text_file.close()

    print count