# vApplicationTickHook() help

**URL:** <https://forums.freertos.org/t/vapplicationtickhook-help/11292>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/vapplicationtickhook-help/11292 "2020-12-08T10:38:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/vapplicationtickhook-help/11292/1 "2020-12-08T10:38:16Z")

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plz how do I use vApplicationTickHook() to measure the execution time of a task. I went through the FreeRTOS documentation but could not figure it out

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**Author:** ![m.timm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@m.timm](https://forums.freertos.org/u/m.timm)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/vapplicationtickhook-help/11292/2 "2020-12-08T13:34:38Z")

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Hi,  
Instead of using vApplicationTickHook(), try to use vTaskGetInfo() (single task) or uxTaskGetSystemState() (for all tasks).

Check here:

> **[RTOS - uxTaskGetSystemState()](https://www.freertos.org/uxTaskGetSystemState.html)**
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> RTOS run time and debug state information