Measuring Time in Java
import java.util.*;
public class TestTime
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
// Initialize the calendar object
Calendar today = new GregorianCalendar();
// Get the date
int week = today.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
System.out.println ("Day of the week = " + week);
int day = today.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
System.out.println ("day = " + day);
int month = today.get(Calendar.MONTH);
System.out.println ("month = " + month);
int year = today.get(Calendar.YEAR);
System.out.println ("year = " + year);
// Get the time
int hour = today.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
System.out.println ("hour = " + hour);
int minute = today.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
System.out.println ("minute = " + minute);
int sec = today.get(Calendar.SECOND);
System.out.println ("second = " + sec);
// Time an event in a program to nanosecond precision
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
for (long i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
{
long j = i - (i / 2) + (i / 3) - (i / 4) + (i / 5);
}
long endTime = System.nanoTime();
long elapsedTime = endTime - startTime;
double seconds = elapsedTime / 1.0E09;
System.out.println ("Elapsed Time = " + seconds + " seconds");
// Time an event in a program to millisecond precision
startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
for (long i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
{
long j = i - (i / 2) + (i / 3) - (i / 4) + (i / 5);
}
endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
elapsedTime = endTime - startTime;
seconds = elapsedTime / 1.0E03;
System.out.println ("Elapsed Time = " + seconds + " seconds");
}
}