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import numpy as np
from astropy.time import Time
import datetime


    

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with open('/tmp/ContactLocator1.txt') as f:
    lines = f.readlines()


    

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lines_split = [l.split() for l in lines[4:-5]]
time_format = '%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S.%f'
start_times = Time([datetime.datetime.strptime(' '.join(l[0:4]), time_format) for l in lines_split])
end_times = Time([datetime.datetime.strptime(' '.join(l[4:8]), time_format) for l in lines_split])


    

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deltas = start_times[1:]-end_times[:-1]
cutoff = 0.2
idxs = deltas < cutoff


    

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starts = Time(end_times[:-1][idxs], format='iso').value
ends = Time(start_times[1:][idxs], format='iso').value


    

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for a,b in zip(starts, ends):
    print(a,'---',b)


    

    




2019-07-26 11:31:22.793 --- 2019-07-26 12:15:56.704
2019-07-27 07:53:41.841 --- 2019-07-27 08:35:54.149
2019-07-28 04:17:37.714 --- 2019-07-28 04:56:15.064