diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
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+# Revision history for stopwatch
+
+## 0.1.0  -- 2015-09-13
+
+* First version. Released on an unsuspecting world.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2015, Toshio Ito
+
+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 Toshio Ito 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,
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+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# stopwatch
+
+A simple stopwatch utility for Haskell.
+
+## How to run tests
+
+```
+cabal configure --enable-tests && cabal build && cabal test
+```
+
+## Author
+
+Toshio Ito <debug.ito@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/Control/StopWatch.hs b/src/Control/StopWatch.hs
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+-- |
+-- Module: Control.StopWatch
+-- Description: A simple stopwatch utility
+-- Maintainer: Toshio Ito <debug.ito@gmail.com>
+--
+-- A simple stopwatch utility function(s).
+--
+module Control.StopWatch (
+  stopWatch
+) where
+
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO, liftIO)
+import System.Clock (TimeSpec, getTime, Clock(Monotonic), diffTimeSpec)
+
+-- | Execute the given computation, measure the time it takes and
+-- return the result.
+stopWatch :: MonadIO m => m a -> m (a, TimeSpec)
+stopWatch act = do
+  start <- liftIO $ getTime Monotonic
+  ret <- act
+  end <- liftIO $ getTime Monotonic
+  return (ret, end `diffTimeSpec` start)
+
+-- implementation borrowed from Turtle.Prelude.time (v1.2.1).
diff --git a/stopwatch.cabal b/stopwatch.cabal
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+name:                   stopwatch
+version:                0.1.0
+author:                 Toshio Ito <debug.ito@gmail.com>
+maintainer:             Toshio Ito <debug.ito@gmail.com>
+license:                BSD3
+license-file:           LICENSE
+synopsis:               A simple stopwatch utility
+description:            A simple stopwatch utility
+category:               Control
+cabal-version:          >= 1.10
+build-type:             Simple
+extra-source-files:     README.md, ChangeLog.md
+homepage:               https://github.com/debug-ito/stopwatch
+bug-reports:            https://github.com/debug-ito/stopwatch/issues
+
+library
+  default-language:     Haskell2010
+  hs-source-dirs:       src
+  ghc-options:          -Wall
+  exposed-modules:      Control.StopWatch
+  -- other-modules:
+  build-depends:        base >=2 && <6,
+                        transformers >=0.3.0 && <0.5,
+                        clock >=0.5 && <0.6
+
+-- executable stopwatch
+--   default-language:     Haskell2010
+--   hs-source-dirs:       src
+--   main-is:              Main.hs
+--   ghc-options:          -Wall
+--   -- other-modules:       
+--   -- other-extensions:    
+--   build-depends:        base >=4 && <5
+
+test-suite spec
+  type:                 exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  default-language:     Haskell2010
+  hs-source-dirs:       test
+  ghc-options:          -Wall
+  main-is:              Spec.hs
+  other-modules:        Control.StopWatchSpec
+  build-depends:        base, stopwatch,
+                        hspec,
+                        clock
+
+source-repository head
+  type:                 git
+  location:             https://github.com/debug-ito/stopwatch.git
diff --git a/test/Control/StopWatchSpec.hs b/test/Control/StopWatchSpec.hs
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+module Control.StopWatchSpec (main, spec) where
+
+import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay)
+
+import Test.Hspec
+
+import Control.StopWatch (stopWatch)
+import System.Clock (sec, nsec)
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = hspec spec
+
+testStopWatch :: Int -> Int -> Expectation
+testStopWatch threshold_range_msec target_msec = do
+  (_, difftime) <- stopWatch $ threadDelay (target_msec * 1000)
+  let got_diff_msec = fromIntegral $ (sec difftime) * 1000 + ((nsec difftime) `div` 1000000)
+  got_diff_msec `shouldSatisfy` (>= target_msec - threshold_range_msec)
+  got_diff_msec `shouldSatisfy` (<= target_msec + threshold_range_msec)
+
+specStopWatch :: Int -> Int -> Spec
+specStopWatch trange target = it ("should work for target " ++ (show target) ++ "msec and range " ++ (show trange) ++ "msec") $
+  testStopWatch trange target
+
+spec :: Spec
+spec = do
+  describe "stopWatch" $ do
+    let trange = 30
+    mapM_  (specStopWatch trange) [50, 100, 500, 1000]
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}
