A simple stopwatch implemented in Python

stopwatch.py

import datetime

class Timer(object):
    """A simple timer class"""
    
    def __init__(self):
        pass
    
    def start(self):
        """Starts the timer"""
        self.start = datetime.datetime.now()
        return self.start
    
    def stop(self, message="Total: "):
        """Stops the timer.  Returns the time elapsed"""
        self.stop = datetime.datetime.now()
        return message + str(self.stop - self.start)
    
    def now(self, message="Now: "):
        """Returns the current time with a message"""
        return message + ": " + str(datetime.datetime.now())
    
    def elapsed(self, message="Elapsed: "):
        """Time elapsed since start was called"""
        return message + str(datetime.datetime.now() - self.start)
    
    def split(self, message="Split started at: "):
        """Start a split timer"""
        self.split_start = datetime.datetime.now()
        return message + str(self.split_start)
    
    def unsplit(self, message="Unsplit: "):
        """Stops a split. Returns the time elapsed since split was called"""
        return message + str(datetime.datetime.now() - self.split_start)

I started learning Python very recently. This code is useful to me both to understand how Python works and to use it as a practical timer. Thank you!

Works well. Thank you

Really nice!

Wow this help me a lot Thanks for You

Why the triple quotes instead of a hash?

its a doc string not a comment @wildcard329

Am I allowed to use it in my code and publish on GitHub? (Because I can't find license)

https://gist.github.com/MelanX/8952e70d52fb17097f8df097cbd96c79
I changed your code a bit and added a reset def. maybe it's better :) I don't know how to create a real PR here :D

What type of python is this used for?