Place the timer in Python script

Fri Sep 18 08:52:14 EDT 2009

Vamsikrishna wrote:
> How to place the timer in python code.
>> I want calculate the python script execution time.
>> ex : Start Timer
> : End Timer
>> Execution Time : End Timer - Start Timer.
>> How can we write the python code for this.
>> Help would be appreciable.
>> Thanks in Advance.
>> Vamsi
>>import time
start = time.time()
...... DO SOME STUFF
print "Elapsed time", time.time() - start
Note that the time resolution on some OS's is better than others. So if 
you're on a system that only gives one-second resolution, you may want 
to use a different function.
DaveA