In general, the elapsed time or, execution is the time from the starting point to ending point of an event. Following are various ways to find elapsed time in Java −
- The currentTimeMillis() method returns the current time in milliseconds. To find the elapsed time for a method you can get the difference between time values before and after the execution of the desired method.
- The nanoTime() method returns the current time in nano seconds. To find the elapsed time for a method you can get the difference between time values before and after the execution of the desired method.
- The now() method of the Instant class returns the current time and the Duration.between() methods returns the difference between the given two time values you can find the time taken for the execution of a method using these.
- The Apache commons library provides a class known as Stopwatch to it provides the start() stop() and getTime() methods you can find the time taken for the execution of a method using these.
- The getTime() method of the java.util.Date class returns the current time. To find the elapsed time for a method you can get the difference between time values before and after the execution of the desired method.
- You can also get the time in the current instance using the getInstance().getTime().getTime() after finding the elapsed time by getting the difference.
Example:Using the currentTimeMillis() method
public class Example {
public void test(){
int num = 0;
for(int i=0; i<=50; i++){
num =num+i;
System.out.print(num+", ");
}
}
public static void main(String args[]){
//Start time
long begin = System.currentTimeMillis();
//Starting the watch
new Example().test();
//End time
long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
long time = end-begin;
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Elapsed Time: "+time +" milli seconds");
}
}Output
0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120, 136, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 253, 276, 300, 325, 351, 378, 406, 435, 465, 496, 528, 561, 595, 630, 666, 703, 741, 780, 820, 861, 903, 946, 990, 1035, 1081, 1128, 1176, 1225, 1275, Elapsed Time: 4 milli seconds
Example:Using the nanoTime() method
public class Example {
public void test(){
int num = 0;
for(int i=0; i<=50; i++){
num =num+i;
System.out.print(num+", ");
}
}
public static void main(String args[]){
//Start time
long begin = System.nanoTime();
//Starting the watch
new Example().test();
//End time
long end = System.nanoTime();
long time = end-begin;
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Elapsed Time: "+time);
}
}Output
0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120, 136, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 253, 276, 300, 325, 351, 378, 406, 435, 465, 496, 528, 561, 595, 630, 666, 703, 741, 780, 820, 861, 903, 946, 990, 1035, 1081, 1128, 1176, 1225, 1275, Elapsed Time: 1530200
Example:Using the Instant class
import java.time.Duration;
import java.time.Instant;
public class Example {
public void test(){
int num = 0;
for(int i=0; i<=50; i++){
num =num+i;
System.out.print(num+", ");
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
//Starting time
Instant start = Instant.now();
new Example().test();
//End time
Instant end = Instant.now();
long time = Duration.between(start, end).toMillis();
System.out.println();
System.out.println(time+" Milli seconds");
}
}Output
0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120, 136, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 253, 276, 300, 325, 351, 378, 406, 435, 465, 496, 528, 561, 595, 630, 666, 703, 741, 780, 820, 861, 903, 946, 990, 1035, 1081, 1128, 1176, 1225, 1275, 3 Milli seconds
Example:Using the StopWatch class
import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.StopWatch;
public class Example {
public void test(){
int num = 0;
for(int i=0; i<=50; i++){
num =num+i;
System.out.print(num+", ");
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
//Instantiating the StopWatch class
StopWatch obj = new StopWatch();
//Starting the watch
obj.start();
new Example().test();
//Stopping the watch
obj.stop();
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Elapsed Time: "+obj.getTime() +" milli seconds");
}
}Output
0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120, 136, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 253, 276, 300, 325, 351, 378, 406, 435, 465, 496, 528, 561, 595, 630, 666, 703, 741, 780, 820, 861, 903, 946, 990, 1035, 1081, 1128, 1176, 1225, 1275, Elapsed Time: 1 milli seconds
Example: Using the getTime() method
import java.util.Date;
public class Demo{
public void test(){
int num = 0;
for(int i=0; i<=50; i++){
num =num+i;
System.out.print(num+", ");
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
long startTime = new Date().getTime();
new Demo().test();
long endTime = new Date().getTime();
long time = endTime - startTime;
System.out.println("Execution time: " + time);
}
}Output
0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120, 136, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 253, 276, 300, 325, 351, 378, 406, 435, 465, 496, 528, 561, 595, 630, 666, 703, 741, 780, 820, 861, 903, 946, 990, 1035, 1081, 1128, 1176, 1225, 1275, Execution time: 5
Example: using the Calendar class
import java.util.Calendar;
public class Demo{
public void test(){
int num = 0;
for(int i=0; i<=50; i++){
num =num+i;
System.out.print(num+", ");
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
long startTime = Calendar.getInstance().getTime().getTime();
new Demo().test();
long endTime = Calendar.getInstance().getTime().getTime();
long time = endTime - startTime;
System.out.println("Execution time: " + time);
}
}Output
0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120, 136, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 253, 276, 300, 325, 351, 378, 406, 435, 465, 496, 528, 561, 595, 630, 666, 703, 741, 780, 820, 861, 903, 946, 990, 1035, 1081, 1128, 1176, 1225, 1275, Execution time: 20