#!/usr/bin/python
# Run a timer and save it to a file
# This allows for isolation testing of einotebook without
# Sim Mgr having to run.
import time
from datetime import timedelta
print "Starting elapsed timer ..."
count = 0
while True:
    # Code executed here
    time.sleep(1)
    count += 1
    # elapsedTime = timedelta(seconds=count)
    # convert integer into hh:mm:ss format
    lineout =  "{\"elapsedtime\":\"" + str(count) + "\"}"
    
    # write message to file
    text_file = open("dynamicdata/sim_elapsedtime.json", "w")
    text_file.write(lineout)
    text_file.close()

    # print count