diff --git a/src/libCom/test/osiTimeTest.cc b/src/libCom/test/osiTimeTest.cc
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+
+
+#include <osiTime.h>
+#include <winsock.h>
+
+void main ()
+{
+	unsigned i;
+	osiTime begin = osiTime::getCurrent();
+	const unsigned iter = 1000000u;
+
+	for (i=0;i<iter;i++) {
+		osiTime tmp = osiTime::getCurrent();
+	}
+
+	osiTime end = osiTime::getCurrent();
+
+	printf("elapsed per call to osiTime::getCurrent() = %f\n", ((double) (end-begin))/iter);
+}
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