diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Author name here (c) 2016
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Author name here nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/clock-extras.cabal b/clock-extras.cabal
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+name:                clock-extras
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Initial project template from stack
+description:         Please see README.md
+homepage:            https://github.com/githubuser/clock-extras#readme
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Author name here
+maintainer:          example@example.com
+copyright:           2016 Author name here
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+-- extra-source-files:
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     System.Clock.TimeIt
+  build-depends: base  >= 4.7 && < 5
+               , clock >= 0.7.1 && < 0.8.0
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+
+test-suite clock-extras-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Spec.hs
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , clock-extras
+                     , hspec >= 2.0 && < 3.0
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/skedgeme/clock-extras
diff --git a/src/System/Clock/TimeIt.hs b/src/System/Clock/TimeIt.hs
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+{-| A couple functions that probably should be in the 'clock' package. 
+    See this issue: https://github.com/corsis/clock/issues/42
+-}
+module System.Clock.TimeIt where
+import System.Clock
+
+-- | Time an action. Return the elasped time the result
+elapsedTime :: IO a -> IO (a, Double)
+elapsedTime action = do
+  startTime <- getTime Monotonic 
+  r <- action
+  endTime   <- getTime Monotonic 
+
+  let result = diffSeconds endTime startTime
+               
+  return (r, result)
+
+-- | Subtract two TimeSpecs and return the result in seconds
+diffSeconds :: TimeSpec -> TimeSpec -> Double
+diffSeconds end start
+  = (* 1e-9)
+  $ fromIntegral
+  $ toNanoSecs end - toNanoSecs  start
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+import Test.Hspec
+import Control.Concurrent 
+import System.Clock.TimeIt
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = hspec $ describe "timeIt" $ do
+  it " is the same as threadDelay" $ do
+    ((), time) <- elapsedTime $ threadDelay 100000 
+    abs (time - 0.1) < 0.009 `shouldBe` True
+