Elapsed time should account for the delay

utilities/wait_for

@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ def main():
     port = int(params['port'])
     state = params['state']
 
+    start = datetime.datetime.now()
+
     if delay:
         time.sleep(delay)
 
-    start = datetime.datetime.now()
-
     if state == 'stopped':
         ### first wait for the host to go down
         end = start + datetime.timedelta(seconds=timeout)