clock, nanoclock
clock, nanoclock — get the OS time.
Syntax
clock ()
nanoclock ()
Returns
The current clock value in seconds from the operating system as a
long integer. nanoclock includes the
nanoseconds as well.
Description
This function gets the operating system clock setting in
seconds. The time is usually expressed as the number of
seconds from midnight January 1, 1970 on UNIX systems,
though it may differ across implementations.
Example
Gamma> clock();
999810273
Gamma> nanoclock();
999810273.66378700733
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