Keeping Track of Elapsed Time in Python

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

This article shows how to put a few lines of python code into your python script so you can tell how long the script has been running, or how long a certain part of the task took to run.

The Quick Answer: For the most accurrate time elapsed, use the time module and make 2 time.time() objects.  The difference between these objects is the time elapsed. Do not use time.clock().

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