Timer Function

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Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Timer Function

Language Reference
Version 5

Description

Returns the number of seconds that have elapsed since 12:00 AM (midnight).

Syntax

Timer

Remarks

The following example uses the Timer function to determine the time it takes to iterate a For...Next loop N times:
Function TimeIt(N)
  Dim StartTime, EndTime
  StartTime = Timer
  For I = 1 To N
  Next
  EndTime = Timer
  TimeIt = EndTime - StartTime
End Function 

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