Re: elapsed time

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Try %timestamp() , you can get the diference in microseconds.

Yivi wrote:

> Hello everyone.
> I am trying to print a basic timing on how long does a particular program
> takes to do its stuff.
> Since the program runs for several minutes, I am not concerned in anything
> more precise than seconds.
> I did the following:
>
> DBENCH S T
> DBENCHSECS S 4 0
> /FREE
> BENCH = %TIME;
> // a whole lot of program
> // many reads, calculations and writes
>
> BENCHSECS = %DIFF(BENCH:%TIME:*SECONDS);
> write ENDOFREPORT;
> *INLR = *ON;
>
> //END-FREE
> *ENDOFREPORT* includes the *BENCHSECS* field. And the problem is that it
> keeps coming as zero.
> It's probably something quite idiotic, as the results of %TIME not being the
> kind of results that I think I want.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks again, regards.
> I.-
>