.CTIME - obtain current time as time number.

Usage:

B:
   timenum = .ctime();

C:
   #include <time.h>
   #equate B_ctime .ctime
   time_t B_ctime(void);

Where:

timenum

is the current time, expressed as the number of seconds after 0:00 a.m. GMT on January 1, 1970.

Description:

.CTIME returns the current time as a number. This number can be used in time calculations, or as an argument to functions like .TFMT.

See Also:

expl b lib .tfmt

for converting time numbers to date/time strings.

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