diff --git a/ui/metrics/time_test.go b/ui/metrics/time_test.go
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+// Copyright 2020 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"android/soong/ui/tracer"
+)
+
+func TestEnd(t *testing.T) {
+	startTime := time.Date(2020, time.July, 13, 13, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	dur := time.Nanosecond * 10
+	initialNow := _now
+	_now = func() time.Time { return startTime.Add(dur) }
+	defer func() { _now = initialNow }()
+
+	timeTracer := &timeTracerImpl{}
+	timeTracer.activeEvents = append(timeTracer.activeEvents, timeEvent{
+		desc:  "test",
+		name:  "test",
+		start: startTime,
+	})
+
+	perf := timeTracer.End(tracer.Thread(0))
+	if perf.GetRealTime() != uint64(dur.Nanoseconds()) {
+		t.Errorf("got %d, want %d nanoseconds for event duration", perf.GetRealTime(), dur.Nanoseconds())
+	}
+}