Simple logger

logger.py

''' 
Simple logging wrapper
@author: TheBdouilleur
@license: Free licensed
https://je.yj.fr/about.php
"c:\\Users\\pmhue\\Dropbox\\PythonScripts\\Typer\\main.log"
'''
from os import path
import datetime, time

refinedDate = datetime.date.today().strftime("%B %d, %Y")
refinedTime = datetime.datetime.now().time()
startTime = time.perf_counter()

startText = 3*'\n' +'------------------------------------------------\n' + str(refinedDate) + ', at ' + str(refinedTime) +', in logger.py:'

logPath = path.dirname(__file__)+'/main.log' #<-- absolute path to the log file
logPath = logPath.replace("/", "\\\\")

def log_start(appName):
    log = open(logPath,"a")
    log.write("\n"+startText+"\n")
    log.close()

    print('"{0}" logs can be found at: {1}'.format(appName, logPath))
    
def log_action(action):
    actionTime = time.perf_counter() - startTime
    
    log = open(logPath,"a")
    log.write('\nAction: {0} at {1} seconds\n'.format(action, actionTime))
    log.close()

def log_exception(e):
    e = e
    exceptionTime = time.perf_counter() - startTime
    
    log = open(logPath,"a")
    log.write('\nError {0} at {1} seconds\n'.format(str(e), exceptionTime))
    log.close()

def log_end(appName):
    runningTime = time.perf_counter() - startTime
    
    log = open(logPath,"a")
    log.write('\nApplication {0} ran in {1}\n'.format(appName, str(runningTime)))
    log.close()

    print('\n"{0}" ran in {1} seconds\n'.format(appName, str(runningTime)))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    log_start('Example app')
    log_action("Example action")
    try:
        print(5+'5') # Simple error to demonstrate program
    except Exception as e:
        log_exception(e)
    log_end('Example app')