<varlistentry>

<term>

<varname>auto_explain.log_timing</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)

</term>

<indexterm>

<primary><varname>auto_explain.log_timing</> configuration parameter</primary>

</indexterm>

<listitem>

<para>

<varname>auto_explain.log_timing</varname> causes <command>EXPLAIN

(ANALYZE, TIMING off)</> output, rather than just <command>EXPLAIN (ANALYZE)</>

output. The overhead of repeatedly reading the system clock can slow down the

query significantly on some systems, so it may be useful to set this

parameter to <literal>FALSE</literal> when only actual row counts, and not

exact times, are needed.

This parameter is only effective when <varname>auto_explain.log_analyze</varname>

is also enabled. It defaults to <literal>TRUE</literal>.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>