Thanks for the responses. Somehow, all of my python messages were shifted into the deleted folder so I missed all of them until I caught the one from MRAB.
I will sift through them and probably update my technique to use seconds as suggested. Still, I enjoyed the kluge I created making it work based on discovery... Footnote: If 666 is evil then 25.8 is the square root of all evil. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list