Recording info about how long an application has been open?

Hi. I would like to set up some kind of log that tells me when I've opened a particular application (Final Cut Pro) and how long (how many minutes/hours) the application has been open for that particular session or that particular day.
Ideally, the log would have the new information appended to the end of it each day; it wouldn't delete/refresh/overwrite itself -- so at the end of, say, six months, I could look at the log and see, Oh, I used Final Cut on Tuesday, April whatever, for 10 hours, and then on Friday, May whatever, for another 12 -- without having to know about any other activity with any other application on my system.
Is there an easy way to do this with OS X 10.4.5? Can Automator do this for me? (Didn't notice an FCP icon in the library of applications Automator can act upon.) Do I need to use AppleScript?
Thanks!
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hi, R.G.
You might also want to look into some of these applications.
When looking for new applications, I recommend searching MacUpdate or Version Tracker. The user-submitted reviews accompanying the listings are helpful in sorting the wheat from the chaff.
Good luck!
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