javascript count time

1// The getTime() method returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970.
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4var start = new Date().getTime();
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6for (i = 0; i < 50000; ++i) {
7// do something
8}
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10var end = new Date().getTime();
11var time = end - start;
12alert('Execution time: ' + time);

1var start = new Date().getTime();
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3for (i = 0; i < 50000; ++i) {
4// do something
5}
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7var end = new Date().getTime();
8var time = end - start;
9alert('Execution time: ' + time);

1console.time("timer");   //start time with name = timer
2console.timeEnd("timer"); //end timer and log time difference