duration_from_timeMethod

lsst.utils.timer.duration_from_timeMethod(metadata: MutableMapping | None, method_name: str, clock: str = 'Cpu') → float | None

Parse the metadata entries from timeMethod and return a duration.

Parameters:

metadatacollections.abc.MutableMapping

The Task metadata that timing metrics were added to.

method_namestr

Name of the timed method to extract a duration for.

clockstr, optional

Options are “Cpu”, “User”, “System”, or “Utc”.

Returns:

durationfloat

The time elapsed between the start and end of the timed method.