sleep_with_human_readable_time.py

import time


class Sleepy(type):

    def __getitem__(cls, value):
        if isinstance(value, slice):
            if value.step is None:
                # start:stop
                # minutes:seconds
                time.sleep(value.start * 60 + value.stop)
            else:
                # start:stop:step
                # hours:minutes:seconds
                time.sleep(value.start * 60 * 60 + value.stop * 60 + value.step)
        else:
            time.sleep(value)


class sleep(metaclass=Sleepy):
    pass


sleep[10:00]