From 62400a13a0ab46bee2386ca9f77ff8efba43aaf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Praveen Ramachandra <praveenr@netflix.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:08:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Added support to get command start time in Nanos

---
 .../com/netflix/hystrix/AbstractCommand.java  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../netflix/hystrix/HystrixInvokableInfo.java |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/AbstractCommand.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/AbstractCommand.java
index f59137a7d..139465d41 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/AbstractCommand.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/AbstractCommand.java
@@ -1383,6 +1383,7 @@ protected static class ExecutionResult {
         protected final List<HystrixEventType> events;
         private final int executionTime;
         private final Exception exception;
+        private final long commandRunStartTimeInNanos;
 
         private ExecutionResult(HystrixEventType... events) {
             this(Arrays.asList(events), -1, null);
@@ -1401,7 +1402,14 @@ private ExecutionResult(List<HystrixEventType> events, int executionTime, Except
             // because we control the original list in 'newEvent'
             this.events = events;
             this.executionTime = executionTime;
+            if (executionTime >= 0 ) {
+                this.commandRunStartTimeInNanos = System.nanoTime() - this.executionTime*1000*1000; // 1000*1000 will conver the milliseconds to nanoseconds
+            }
+            else {
+                this.commandRunStartTimeInNanos = -1;
+            }
             this.exception = e;
+
         }
 
         // we can return a static version since it's immutable
@@ -1425,6 +1433,9 @@ public ExecutionResult addEvents(HystrixEventType... events) {
         public int getExecutionTime() {
             return executionTime;
         }
+        public long getCommandRunStartTimeInNanos() {return commandRunStartTimeInNanos; }
+
+
 
         public Exception getException() {
             return exception;
@@ -1592,6 +1603,16 @@ public int getExecutionTimeInMilliseconds() {
         return executionResult.getExecutionTime();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Time in Nanos when this command instance's run method was called, or -1 if not executed 
+     * for e.g., command threw an exception
+      *
+      * @return long
+     */
+    public long getCommandRunStartTimeInNanos() {
+        return executionResult.getCommandRunStartTimeInNanos();
+    }
+
     protected Exception getExceptionFromThrowable(Throwable t) {
         Exception e = null;
         if (t instanceof Exception) {
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixInvokableInfo.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixInvokableInfo.java
index b6a1f1f97..99c08f339 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixInvokableInfo.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixInvokableInfo.java
@@ -55,4 +55,6 @@ public interface HystrixInvokableInfo<R> {
 
     public int getExecutionTimeInMilliseconds();
 
+    public long getCommandRunStartTimeInNanos();
+
 }
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