from datetime import datetime


def stopTime(currentTime ):
    """Stops time itself.
    Keyword arguments:
    currentTime -- the starting time.
    Returns the amount of microseconds in a list, 1st index: text friendly format, 2nd index: pure number.
    """
    stopTime = datetime.now()
    elapsedTime = stopTime - currentTime
    microsecs = elapsedTime.microseconds

    #print("The total time elapsed in microseconds was : %s" %(str(microsecs)))
    
    return ["The total time elapsed in microseconds was : %s\n" %(str(microsecs)), microsecs]