% ETIME ETIME Elapsed Time Function
% 
% Usage
% 
% The etime calculates the elapsed time between two clock vectors
% x1 and x2.  The syntax for its use is
% 
%    y = etime(x1,x2)
% 
% where x1 and x2 are in the clock output format
% 
%    x = [year month day hour minute seconds]
% 

function y = etime(x1,x2)
  if (~exist('x1') | ~exist('x2'))
     error 'etime expects two arguments'
  end
  try
    y1 = clocktotime(x1);
    y2 = clocktotime(x2);
  catch
     error 'invalid input vectors to etime'
  end
  y = y1 - y2;