The usual :)
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_tim.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_tim.py
index 03d081e..5dbc895 100644
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_tim.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_tim.py
@@ -1,39 +1,21 @@
-import time
+from test_support import verbose
+import timing
 
-time.altzone
-time.clock()
-t = time.time()
-time.asctime(time.gmtime(t))
-if time.ctime(t) <> time.asctime(time.localtime(t)):
-    print 'time.ctime(t) <> time.asctime(time.localtime(t))'
-
-time.daylight
-if long(time.mktime(time.localtime(t))) <> long(t):
-    print 'time.mktime(time.localtime(t)) <> t'
-
-time.sleep(1.2)
-tt = time.gmtime(t)
-for directive in ('a', 'A', 'b', 'B', 'c', 'd', 'H', 'I',
-                  'j', 'm', 'M', 'p', 'S',
-                  'U', 'w', 'W', 'x', 'X', 'y', 'Y', 'Z', '%'):
-    format = ' %' + directive
-    try:
-        time.strftime(format, tt)
-    except ValueError:
-        print 'conversion specifier:', format, ' failed.'
-
-time.timezone
-time.tzname
-
-# expected errors
-try:
-    time.asctime(0)
-except TypeError:
+r = range(100000)
+if verbose:
+    print 'starting...'
+timing.start()
+for i in r:
     pass
+timing.finish()
+if verbose:
+    print 'finished'
 
-try:
-    time.mktime((999999, 999999, 999999, 999999,
-                 999999, 999999, 999999, 999999,
-                 999999))
-except OverflowError:
-    pass
+secs = timing.seconds()
+milli = timing.milli()
+micro = timing.micro()
+
+if verbose:
+    print 'seconds:', secs
+    print 'milli  :', milli
+    print 'micro  :', micro