ETIME: Stata module to time how long a program runs

Dan Blanchette ()
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Dan Blanchette: Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: etime is designed for programmers who want to keep track of how long a program takes to run. Using Stata's creturn variables: c(current_date) and c(current_time), etime clocks the difference in time between calls.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.0
Keywords: time; elapsed; clock; current_date; current_time; date; current (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-09-30, Revised 2009-04-19
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install etime". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/etime.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/etime.hlp help file (text/plain)

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