--- soffice.bak	2011-09-16 19:38:21.597291653 +0200
+++ soffice	2011-09-17 13:07:01.654740487 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+start_date=$(/bin/date +%s.%N)
 #*************************************************************************
 #
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
@@ -267,6 +268,16 @@
   . /etc/adabasrc
 fi
 
+# caculate configuration parsing duration
+stop_date=$(/bin/date +%s.%N)
+start_sec=$(echo $start_date | sed 's/\.[0-9]*//' | sed 's/^0*//')
+start_nano=$(echo $start_date | sed 's/[0-9]*\.//' | sed 's/^0*//')
+stop_sec=$(echo $stop_date | sed 's/\.[0-9]*//' | sed 's/^0*//')
+stop_nano=$(echo $stop_date | sed 's/[0-9]*\.//' | sed 's/^0*//')
+duration_sec=$(( $stop_sec - $start_sec ))
+duration_nano=$(( $stop_nano - $start_nano ))
+echo configuration parsed in \( $duration_sec s $duration_nano ns \)
+
 # execute soffice binary
 "$sd_prog/$sd_binary" "$@" &
 trap 'kill -9 $!' TERM