#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
int main(){
cout<<"Enter delay time in seconds\n";
float secs;
cin>>secs;
clock_t delay=secs*CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
cout<<"starting\a\n";
clock_t start=clock();
while(clock()-start<delay);
cout<<"done\a\n";
return 0;
}