Here’s an example of a simple Powershell script that can be used to created a tab-separated file of timing events.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Windows Powershell Timer.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
$timingName = "Timing";
$timingPoints = @(
"Step One",
"Step Two",
"Step Three",
"Step Four"
);
$resultFile = $timingName + ' Timing ' + [DateTime]::Now.ToString( "yyyy-MM-dd hh-mm-ss" ) + ".csv";
$timeStamps = @();
$textItems = @();
[DateTime] $timeStamp = [DateTime]::Now;
# Add timing message
function AddMsg( [string] $msgTxt )
{
$SCRIPT:timeStamp = [DateTime]::Now;
$SCRIPT:timeStamps += $SCRIPT:timeStamp;
$SCRIPT:textItems += $msgTxt;
}
$resultTxt = @();
$resultTxt += "StartTime`tEndTime`tDuration`tTotalDuration`tEvent";
[DateTime] $startTimeStamp = [DateTime]::Now;
[DateTime] $prevTimeStamp = $startTimeStamp;
foreach( $timingPoint in $timingPoints )
{
Read-Host "Press Enter";
AddMsg( $timingPoint );
Write-Host( $prevTimeStamp.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.ffffff') + " / " +
$timeStamp.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.ffffff') + " / " +
$timeStamp.Subtract( $prevTimeStamp ).ToString() + " / " +
$timeStamp.Subtract( $startTimeStamp ).ToString() );
$resultTxt += $prevTimeStamp.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.ffffff') + "`t" +
$timeStamp.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.ffffff') + "`t" +
$timeStamp.Subtract( $prevTimeStamp ).ToString() + "`t" +
$timeStamp.Subtract( $startTimeStamp ).ToString() + "`t" +
$timingPoint;
$prevTimeStamp = $timeStamp;
Write-Host( $timingPoint );
}
Write-Host;
Write-Host( "Created file:" );
Write-Host( $resultFile );
$resultTxt | Set-Content $resultFile;
Write-Host;
