- fixes

src/utils.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import smtplib
 import socket
 import sox
 import io
+import time
 
 from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
 from email.mime.application import MIMEApplication
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ the_log = None
 # 1 minute network timeout
 NETWORK_TIMEOUT = 15
 
+start_system_time = time.time()
+start_monotonic_time = time.monotonic()
+
+def get_monotonic_time():
+    return time.monotonic() - start_monotonic_time + start_system_time
+
 
 def open_log_file(path: str, mode: str):
     global the_log