这取决于你在乎什么。如果您指的是WALL TIME(即墙上时钟上的时间)，则TIME .clock()不能提供精度，因为它可能管理CPU时间。

从3.3开始，time.clock()已弃用，建议使用time.process_time()或time.perf_counter()。

在2.7之前，根据time模块docs:

time.clock() On Unix, return the current processor time as a floating point number expressed in seconds. The precision, and in fact the very definition of the meaning of “processor time”, depends on that of the C function of the same name, but in any case, this is the function to use for benchmarking Python or timing algorithms. On Windows, this function returns wall-clock seconds elapsed since the first call to this function, as a floating point number, based on the Win32 function QueryPerformanceCounter(). The resolution is typically better than one microsecond.

此外，还有timeit模块用于对代码段进行基准测试。

正如其他人所注意到的，time.clock()已被弃用，取而代之的是time.perf_counter()或time.process_time()，但Python 3.7通过time.perf_counter_ns()、time.process_time_ns()和time.time_ns()以及其他3个函数引入了纳秒分辨率计时。

PEP 564中详细介绍了这6个新的纳秒分辨率函数:

time.clock_gettime_ns (clock_id) 时间。clock_settime_ns (clock_id、时间:int) time.monotonic_ns () time.perf_counter_ns () time.process_time_ns () time.time_ns () 这些函数类似于没有_ns后缀的版本，但是 返回一个纳秒数作为Python int。

正如其他人也注意到的那样，使用timeit模块为函数和小代码段计时。

其他人回答了re: time.time() vs. time.clock()。

但是，如果您是为了基准测试/分析目的而对代码块的执行进行计时，则应该查看timeit模块。

time.clock()在Python 3.8中被移除，因为它具有平台相关的行为:

在Unix上，返回以秒表示的浮点数形式的当前处理器时间。 在Windows上，此函数以浮点数的形式返回自第一次调用该函数以来经过的时钟秒数 打印(time.clock ());time . sleep (10);print (time.clock ()) # Linux: 0.0382 0.0384 #参见处理器时间 # Windows: 26.1224 36.1566 #见clock Time

那么选择哪个函数呢?

Processor Time: This is how long this specific process spends actively being executed on the CPU. Sleep, waiting for a web request, or time when only other processes are executed will not contribute to this. Use time.process_time() Wall-Clock Time: This refers to how much time has passed "on a clock hanging on the wall", i.e. outside real time. Use time.perf_counter() time.time() also measures wall-clock time but can be reset, so you could go back in time time.monotonic() cannot be reset (monotonic = only goes forward) but has lower precision than time.perf_counter()

对比Ubuntu Linux和Windows 7的测试结果。

在Ubuntu上

>>> start = time.time(); time.sleep(0.5); (time.time() - start)
0.5005500316619873

Windows 7操作系统

>>> start = time.time(); time.sleep(0.5); (time.time() - start)
0.5