Measure time in seconds everytime you run a VI

Dear Folks,
I am trying to measure speed of a wheel using a magnetic sensor and measure some other parameters in the vehicle. What I also need to document in my project is the amount of time elapsed (in seconds) everytime you run the program. Is there a way where you can measure the time elapsed in seconds in labview?
Any sort of suggestions or examples would be helpful.
Given below is an example of how I wanted my final output file to look.
Time(sec)    | Speed(mph) | Accleration |
0    23 5
1    24 6
2    25                 7
Thank you in advance!
--Rahul
Solved!
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Hello,
Are you just trying to get the time that has elapsed on the computer itself? If so, there is a Elapsed Time Express VI here: http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361F-01/lvexpress/elapsed_time/ . You can also measure elapsed time by using the Get Date Time VI and subtracting it from an initial sime as shown below:
-Zach
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