I want to know the time remaining on a tkinter after method

[trikster_x]

I have created a python/tkinter trivia game that uses after() to end a session, and I would like to be able to display the remaining time on after() at various points through out the session. Is this possible? Or am I going to have to create a separate countdown timer that is invoked simultaneously with after()?

Edit:

I found a way to use an after() loop to count down a variable to zero and end the session. Then it was just a matter of doing some mathemagics to make the variable behave as minutes and seconds.


#!/usr/bin/python
import Tkinter
import time

class App(Tkinter.Tk):
def __init__(self,parent):
Tkinter.Tk.__init__(self,parent)
self.parent = parent
self.initialize()

def initialize(self):#This is where the info for the main window starts.

self.secv = Tkinter.StringVar()
self.minv = Tkinter.StringVar()
self.timerv = Tkinter.StringVar()
self.timer = 300


self.testlabel1 = Tkinter.Label(self, textvariable=self.timerv).grid(column=0, row=0, columnspan=2, sticky='W'+'E')

if self.timer == 300:
self.test()

def test(self):
self.m = self.timer/60
self.s = self.timer%60
self.secv.set(self.s)
self.minv.set(self.m)
self.timerv.set(self.minv.get() + 'm : ' + self.secv.get() + 's')
kill = self.after(1000, self.test)
if self.timer == 0:
self.after_cancel(kill)
self.timer -= 1






if __name__ == "__main__":
app = App(None)
app.title('Study Night')
app.geometry('+100+70')
app.mainloop()

This is the basic gist of it if anyone is curious.