[CentOS] time command

Tue Apr 10 17:34:23 UTC 2007
Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>

Hi

I am wanting to time how long it takes a couple commands to run.
I can do "time command" and it tells me.
How do I do multple commands at a time.
I tried:
time command; command
no good
time "command; command"
no good

I can make a script I guess but thought there was a more elegant way.

Thanks,

jerry