Test2::Plugin::Times(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Test2::Plugin::Times(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Test2::Plugin::Times - Output timing data at the end of the test.

# [CAVEAT](#CAVEAT)

It is important to note that this timing data does not include global destruction. This data is only collected up until the point **done\_testing()** is called. If your program takes time for END blocks, garbage collection, and similar, then this timing data will fall short of reality.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This plugin will output a diagnostics message at the end of testing that tells you how much time elapsed, and how hard the system worked on the test.

This will produce a string like one of these (Note these numbers are completely made up). *Which string is used depends on the time elapsed.*

```
    0.12345s on wallclock (0.05 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.05 CPU)
    11.1234s on wallclock (0.05 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.05 CPU)
    01m:54.45s on wallclock (0.05 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.05 CPU)
    18h:22m:54.45s on wallclock (0.05 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.05 CPU)
    04d:18h:22m:54.45s on wallclock (0.05 usr 0.00 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.05 CPU)
```

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
    use Test2::Plugin::Times;
```

This is also useful at the command line for 1-time use:

```
    $ perl -MTest2::Plugin::Times path/to/test.t
```

# [SOURCE](#SOURCE)

The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at *https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/*.

# [MAINTAINERS](#MAINTAINERS)

[Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>](#Chad)

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

[Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>](#Chad~2)

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See *http://dev.perl.org/licenses/*

2026-09-04 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Test2::Plugin::Times(3pm) from perl-test-simple 1.302225-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/Test-More/test-more