Re: How to compute time to load page...

"Alex Shi" <chpshi@netvigator.ca> wrote in message news:006b01c18063$336e9f90$0105050a@pony... > Basically I agree with you. But the second time to get time must be done > after the page is rendered on local browser. So I suggest to use Javascript > for the second time to get time, and pass the first time value into a js > function. As another person noted, there may be significant differences between client and server clocks. For accuracy, you must use the same clock for both measurements - and you cannot use the client-side clock, because javascript will not run until the page is fully loaded. How about this: embed 'start' and 'end' timestamps in the page when it is generated, then use a javascript fake preload (call another script instead of an image) to pass them back - the time they are received is your timestamp for the page being loaded. This will obviously include a small additional delay for the second request, but it should give you a close upper bound on the actual time.