How do I get time of a Python program's execution?

Question

I have a command line program in Python that takes a while to finish. I want to know the exact time it takes to finish running.

I\'ve looked at the timeit

Answer 1

I was having the same problem in many places, so I created a convenience package horology. You can install it with pip install horology and then do it in the elegant way:

from horology import Timing

with Timing(name='Important calculations: '):
    prepare()
    do_your_stuff()
    finish_sth()

will output:

Important calculations: 12.43 ms

Or even simpler (if you have one function):

from horology import timed

@timed
def main():
    ...

will output:

main: 7.12 h

It takes care of units and rounding. It works with python 3.6 or newer.