return the difference between when the timer was created and the current time . concode_field_sep long _start concode_elem_sep DateTimeFormatter shortFormat concode_elem_sep long _nanos concode_elem_sep DateTimeFormatter longFormat concode_elem_sep DateTimeFormatter logFormat concode_field_sep String startAsShortString concode_elem_sep String nowAsLogString concode_elem_sep long nanos concode_elem_sep String startAsString concode_elem_sep String toString
long function ( ) { return System . currentTimeMillis ( ) - _start ; }