def time_it(f, *args):
    start = time.clock()
    f(*args)
    return (time.clock() - start)*1000

from timeit import Timer

# first argument is the code to be run, the second "setup" argument is only run once,
# and it not included in the execution time.
t = Timer("""x.index(123)""", setup="""x = range(1000)""")

print t.timeit() # prints float, for example 5.8254
# ..or..
print t.timeit(1000) # repeat 1000 times instead of the default 1million

total= 0
for i in range(1000):
    start= time.clock()
    function()
    end= time.clock()
    total += end-start
time= total/1000

start= time.clock()
for i in range(1000):
    function()
end= time.clock()
time= (end-start)/1000

import time

class Timer:
    def __enter__(self):
        self.start = time.clock()
        return self

    def __exit__(self, *args):
        self.end = time.clock()
        self.interval = self.end - self.start

import httplib

with Timer() as t:
    conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('google.com')
    conn.request('GET', '/')

print('Request took %.03f sec.' % t.interval)

try:
    with Timer() as t:
        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('google.com')
        conn.request('GET', '/')
finally:
    print('Request took %.03f sec.' % t.interval)

from contextlib import contextmanager

import time
@contextmanager
def timeblock(label):
    start = time.clock()
    try:
        yield
    finally:
        end = time.clock()
        print ('{} : {}'.format(label, end - start))



with timeblock("just a test"):
            print "yippee"

import timeit
timeit.timeit(fun, number=10000)