#include<iostream>
#include<ctime>
int main()
{
using namespace std;
cout<<"enter the delay time,in seconds:";
float secs;
cin>>secs;
clock_t delay=secs* CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
cout<<"starting/a/n";
clock_t start =clock();
while(clock()-start < delay)
;
cout<<"done /a/n";
return 0;
}