Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/JobOps.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/JobOps.c	(revision 20047)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/JobOps.c	(revision 21379)
@@ -231,4 +231,7 @@
   PutJob (job, PCONTROL_JOB_PENDING, STACK_BOTTOM);
 
+  // until the job is launched, we use 'start' to time how long the job is waiting on the queue
+  gettimeofday (&job[0].start, (void *) NULL);
+
   if (VerboseMode()) gprint (GP_ERR, "added new job\n");
   return (JobID);