Determining script execution time

[klownboy]

Hi, is there a standard or best method to check the execution time for a script or more importantly a portion of a script. A number of times I've worked out various methods to accomplish the same task but wondered how much more efficient one method is verse another. I've been writing to a file before and after the portion of the script I'm timing. It works, but it's a little cumbersome going to look at the files and the milliseconds between the two. Is it better to build a little routine which uses SC now() along with datediff. I was just curious if any one had a standard method or if it's built in to XY and I'm not aware of it? Thanks
Ken

[highend]

I'm just using now() and datediff() when necessary.

[klownboy]

Thanks highend. It looks like that is the simplest way (certainly easier than writing to files). I set a variable before and after the portion of the script I was timing using now("msecs"), and then had a message back pop up to reveal the two times. It's amazing how much faster using 8 lines of XY code is to a one DOS command line with runret.

[SkyFrontier]

I use this: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... =15#p57866

[TheQwerty]

I tend to use:

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$start = now('msecs');
Sub '_testScript';
$duration = now('msecs') - $start;

Mainly because using datediff alone can give you some less than ideal results and if the result is so big that I need the full string description then the value doesn't matter _testScript is too slow.

[klownboy]

Thanks guys, it looks like using now("msecs") is the best bet for me - testing the execution time of small sections of scripts.