The bash function:
### Function: take integer UNIXTIMESTAMP start calc the diff against the current "date +'%s'". Displays elapses timestamp as "HH:MM:SS (NNN sec)"function printelapsed() { local let s=$((`date +'%s'`-$1)) ((all=s, sec=s%60, s/=60, min=s%60, hrs=s/60)) printf "%d:%02d:%02d (%d sec)" $hrs $min $sec $all} ### end funcThe code usage:
let STARTSTEP=$(date +'%s') ### Start the timer#### DO SOME STUFF HERE ###echo "[`date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"`] Elapsed: `printelapsed $STARTSTEP`." >> $LOGFILEThe output:
[2018-11-01 02:51:40] Total elapsed: 0:06:39 (399 sec).