Thanks Ken, and sorry to everyone about my bad post format I have cleaned it up.
Your example would work great but I am limited in what modules I can use and Timepiece is not one of them. I should have clarified that.
Additionally, the time could be measured in milliseconds or seconds. I am trying to report on the delay which sometime creeps upwards of 30 seconds or more.
Any other ideas are welcome, and thanks in advance!