diff --git a/pytimecode.py b/pytimecode.py
index 55f85a8..7edb793 100644
--- a/pytimecode.py
+++ b/pytimecode.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 class PyTimeCode(object):
-    def __init__(self, framerate, start_timecode = None, start_seconds=None, frames = None, drop_frame = False, iter_return="tc"):
+    def __init__(self, framerate, start_timecode = None, frames = None, drop_frame = False, iter_return="tc"):
         """frame rate can be string '60', '59.94', '50', '30', '29.97', '25', '24', '23.98', or 'ms'"""
         self.framerate = framerate
         self.int_framerate = self.set_int_framerate()
@@ -30,28 +30,26 @@ def __init__(self, framerate, start_timecode = None, start_seconds=None, frames
         elif not frames==None:#because 0==False, and frames can be 0
             self.frames = int(frames)
             self.frames_to_tc(frame_only=True)
-        elif not start_seconds==None:#because 0==False, and frames can be 0
-            start_timecode = self.float_to_tc(start_seconds)
-            #self.set_timecode(start_timecode)
-            self.tc_to_frames()
         self.__check_drop_frame__()
         
     def set_timecode(self, timecode):
         """sets timecode to argument 'timecode'"""
         self.hrs, self.mins, self.secs, self.frs = self.parse_timecode(timecode)
         
-    def float_to_tc(self, seconds):
-        self.frames = int(seconds * self.int_framerate)
-        return self.frames_to_tc()
-        
     def tc_to_frames(self):
         """converts corrent timecode to frames"""
-        frames = int((((self.hrs * 3600) + (self.mins * 60) + self.secs) * float(self.framerate)) + self.frs)
+        frames = (((self.hrs * 3600) + (self.mins * 60) + self.secs) * self.int_framerate) + self.frs
         if self.drop_frame:
             del_frames = self.calc_drop_frames()
             frames = frames - del_frames
         self.frames = frames
-        
+        return self.frames
+
+    def tc_to_milliseconds(self):
+        """converts timecode to milliseconds"""
+        ms = self.hrs*3600 + self.mins*60 + self.secs + self.frs/float(self.int_framerate)
+        return int(round(ms * 1000))
+
     def frames_to_tc(self, frame_only=False):
         """converts frames back to timecode, if frame_only==True, it needs to
         calculate the drop frames without looking at self.hrs, etc."""
@@ -121,15 +119,15 @@ def parse_timecode(self, timecode):
         hrs = int(timecode[0:2])
         mins = int(timecode[3:5])
         secs = int(timecode[6:8])
+        # print(hrs, mins, secs, frs)
         return hrs, mins, secs, frs
         
     def make_timecode(self):
         self.frames_to_tc()
-        hr_str = self.__set_time_str(self.hrs)
-        min_str = self.__set_time_str(self.mins)
-        sec_str = self.__set_time_str(self.secs)
-        frame_str = self.__set_time_str(self.frs)
-        timecode_str = "%s:%s:%s:%s" % (hr_str, min_str, sec_str, frame_str)
+        timecode_str = "{0:02d}:{1:02d}:{2:02d}:{3:02d}".format(int(self.hrs), 
+                                                                int(self.mins), 
+                                                                int(self.secs), 
+                                                                int(self.frs))
         return timecode_str
         
     def __set_time_str(self, time):
@@ -228,6 +226,31 @@ def __div__(self, other):
     
     def __repr__(self):
         return self.make_timecode()
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, type(self)): return NotImplemented
+        return self.tc_to_frames() == other.tc_to_frames()
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, type(self)): return NotImplemented
+        return self.tc_to_frames() != other.tc_to_frames()
+
+    def __le__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, type(self)): return NotImplemented
+        return self.tc_to_frames() <= other.tc_to_frames()
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, type(self)): return NotImplemented
+        return self.tc_to_frames() < other.tc_to_frames()
+
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, type(self)): return NotImplemented
+        return self.tc_to_frames() >= other.tc_to_frames()
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, type(self)): return NotImplemented
+        return self.tc_to_frames() > other.tc_to_frames()
+
         
 class PyTimeCodeError(Exception):
     pass
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