To measure time spent, you can use a function node or use the “hourglass” node.
In the example below, I have made a simple variant using the “flow set” to initiate the start time.
See below for “function node” code:
var CurrentTime = new Date().getTime();
var StartTime = flow.get("InitTime");
var msdiff = CurrentTime - StartTime;
const days = Math.floor(msdiff / (24*60*60*1000));
const daysms = msdiff % (24*60*60*1000);
const hours = Math.floor(daysms / (60*60*1000));
const hoursms = msdiff % (60*60*1000);
const minutes = Math.floor(hoursms / (60*1000));
const minutesms = msdiff % (60*1000);
const sec = Math.floor(minutesms / 1000);
// msg.payload = sec;
msg.payload = { "difftime": days + " days, " + hours + " hours, " + minutes + " minutes, " + sec + " seconds "}
return msgComplete flow for both examples: (source flow hourglass here: https://forums.opto22.com/t/uptime-runtime-with-hourglass-node/3106)
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