Is there a better way to get execution time than from eplusout.end?

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Here's the Python I'm using in any case:

import re

def get_execution_time(eplusend):
    """Get the execution time in seconds.

    Parameters
    ----------
    eplusend : str
        Path to the .end file.

    Returns
    -------
    float

    """
    with open(eplusend, 'r') as f:
        text = f.read()
    time = text.split(';')[-1]
    h, m, s, ms = [int(n) for n in re.findall('\d+', time)]
    secs = (h * 60 * 60 +
            m * 60 +
            s +
            ms / 100.0)

    return secs