# Is millis() heavy on CPU program efficiency?

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**Category:** p5.js\
**Created:** [August 14, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-millis-heavy-on-cpu-program-efficiency/23266 "2020-08-14T23:01:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![mnoble](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/mnoble/32/99_2.png) [@mnoble](https://discourse.processing.org/u/mnoble)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-millis-heavy-on-cpu-program-efficiency/23266/6 "2020-08-15T20:43:34Z")

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Thank you to all who helped me wrap my head around millis() and programming timers!

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