A "timetracker" "application"

ttrack.py

import readline
import datetime

logpath = "times.txt"
lines = []

try:
    with open(logpath, "r") as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
except:
    print "%s doesn't exist yet, no problem." % logpath

for l in lines[-3:]:
    p = l.split(";")
    print "%s\t%s" % (p[0], p[1].strip())

line = raw_input("> ")
print line

date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

with open(logpath, "a") as f:
    msg = "%s; %s\n" % (date, line)
    f.write(msg)
    print msg