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docs/src/pyexamples.rst

@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ Setting and getting times
 
 ::
 
+
     import datetime as dt
     from slsdet import Detector
+    from slsdet.utils import element_if_equal
 
     d = Detector()
 
@@ -155,7 +157,6 @@ Setting and getting times
 
     # exptime also accepts a python datetime.timedelta
     # which can be used to set the time in almost any unit
-
     t = dt.timedelta(milliseconds = 2.3)
     d.exptime = t
 
@@ -163,6 +164,21 @@ Setting and getting times
     t = dt.timedelta(minutes = 3, seconds = 1.23)
     d.exptime = t
 
-    #exptime however always returns the time in seconds
+    # exptime however always returns the time in seconds
     >>> d.exptime
-    181.23 
+    181.23 
+
+    # To get back the exposure time for each module 
+    # it's possible to use getExptime, this also returns
+    # the values as datetime.timedelta
+
+    >>> d.getExptime()
+    [datetime.timedelta(seconds=181, microseconds=230000), datetime.timedelta(seconds=181, microseconds=230000)]
+
+    # In case the values are the same it's possible to use the
+    # element_if_equal function to reduce the values to a single 
+    # value
+
+    >>> t = d.getExptime()
+    >>> element_if_equal(t)
+    datetime.timedelta(seconds=1)