From e0e717f0fceb0ae002097353a25f5a4590757602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timothyas <tim.smith@noaa.gov>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 11:14:57 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add timer.now method

---
 ufs2arco/timer.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ufs2arco/timer.py b/ufs2arco/timer.py
index 38760ac..37028de 100644
--- a/ufs2arco/timer.py
+++ b/ufs2arco/timer.py
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ def stop(self, mytitle="Elapsed time"):
             self._print(f"{mytitle}: {elapsed_time:.4f} seconds\n")
         return float(elapsed_time)
 
+    def now(self):
+        """Return the time elapsed since timer was started, without stopping the timer
+
+        Returns:
+            (float): elapsed time in seconds
+        """
+        return float(self.get_elapsed())
+
     def _print(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Print the timing to :attr:`filename` if specified, or to screen.