import datetime
 def time_1():

 begin = datetime.datetime.now()

 sum = 0

 for i in xrange(10000000):

  sum = sum + i

 end = datetime.datetime.now()

 return end-begin
print time_1()

In [5]: import timeit
In [6]: timeit.timeit("sum(range(100))")
Out[6]: 1.2272648811340332

➜ Python python -m timeit -s"import time_1 as t" "t.time_1()"
0:00:00.282044
10 loops, best of 3: 279 msec per loop

 import datetime

 def time_1():

 begin = datetime.datetime.now()

 sum = 0

 for i in xrange(10000000):

  sum = sum + i

 end = datetime.datetime.now()

 return end-begin



 if __name__ == '__main__':

 print time_1()

import cProfile

 cProfile.run('time_1()')

➜ Python python time_1.py

0:00:00.282828

  2 function calls in 0.000 seconds 

 Ordered by: standard name

 ncalls tottime percall cumtime percall filename:lineno(function)

 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 <string>:1(<module>)

 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 {method 'disable' of '_lsprof.Profiler' objects}

Traceback (most recent call last):

 File "time_1.py", line 15, in <module>

 cProfile.run('main()')

 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/cProfile.py", line 29, in run

 prof = prof.run(statement)

 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/cProfile.py", line 135, in run

 return self.runctx(cmd, dict, dict)

 File "/usr/lib/python2.7/cProfile.py", line 140, in runctx

 exec cmd in globals, locals

 File "<string>", line 1, in <module>

NameError: name 'main' is not defined

➜ Python vi time_1.py

➜ Python python time_1.py

0:00:00.284642

  5 function calls in 0.281 seconds

 Ordered by: standard name

 ncalls tottime percall cumtime percall filename:lineno(function)

 1 0.000 0.000 0.281 0.281 <string>:1(<module>)

 1 0.281 0.281 0.281 0.281 time_1.py:3(time_1)

 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 {built-in method now}

 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 {method 'disable' of '_lsprof.Profiler' objects}