## Copyright (C) 1996-2011 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} etime (@var{t2}, @var{t1})
## Return the difference in seconds between two time values returned from
## @code{clock} (@math{@var{t2} - @var{t1}}).  For example:
##
## @example
## @group
## t0 = clock ();
## # many computations later@dots{}
## elapsed_time = etime (clock (), t0);
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @noindent
## will set the variable @code{elapsed_time} to the number of seconds since
## the variable @code{t0} was set.
## @seealso{tic, toc, clock, cputime}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function secs = etime (t2, t1)

  if (nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  [~, s2] = datenum (t2);
  [~, s1] = datenum (t1);

  secs = s2 - s1;

endfunction

%!assert(etime([1900,12,31,23,59,59],[1901,1,1,0,0,0]),-1)
%!assert(etime([1900,2,28,23,59,59],[1900,3,1,0,0,0]),-1)
%!assert(etime([2000,2,28,23,59,59],[2000,3,1,0,0,0]),-86401)
%!assert(etime([1996,2,28,23,59,59],[1996,3,1,0,0,0]),-86401)
%!test
%!  t1 = [1900,12,31,23,59,59; 1900,2,28,23,59,59];
%!  t2 = [1901,1,1,0,0,0; 1900,3,1,0,0,0];
%!  assert(etime(t2, t1), [1;1]);

%!test
%! t1 = [1993, 8, 20, 4, 56, 1];
%! t2 = [1993, 8, 21, 4, 56, 1];
%! t3 = [1993, 8, 20, 5, 56, 1];
%! t4 = [1993, 8, 20, 4, 57, 1];
%! t5 = [1993, 8, 20, 4, 56, 14];
%! 
%! assert((etime (t2, t1) == 86400 && etime (t3, t1) == 3600
%! && etime (t4, t1) == 60 && etime (t5, t1) == 13));

%!error etime ();

%!error etime (1, 2, 3);