# @time a module

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/time-a-module/69121>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** benchmark\
**Created:** [October 2, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/time-a-module/69121 "2021-10-02T23:13:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![jzr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/time-a-module/69121/1 "2021-10-02T23:13:02Z")

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I want to know how long it takes to run a module.

```julia

julia> @time module Foo; x = 1 end
ERROR: syntax: "module" expression not at top level

```

How can I do that?

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/time-a-module/69121/2 "2021-10-02T23:51:21Z")

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you can time an `include()` or `using`