Simple timing wrapper for synchronous operations

timing.scala

def timing[A](x: => A): Int = {
  import com.github.nscala_time.time.Imports._
  import org.joda.time.PeriodType
  
  val then = LocalDateTime.now
  
  x
  
  new Period(then, LocalDateTime.now, PeriodType.millis).getValue(0)
}