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- Synopsis:
- $time()
- $utime()
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- Technical:
- These functions return the current time in utc format. The only
- difference between the two is that $time() is accurate to the second,
- while $utime() is accurate to the microsecond. Neither function takes
- any arguments.
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- Practical:
- Both functions return a long unsigned integer representing the number
- of seconds since 18:00, 31 December 1969, which can be parsed into a
- human-readable format by $stime(). In addition, $utime() returns an
- additional integer, representing the number of microseconds past the
- first number that the current time is.
-
- Returns:
- utc time, plus number of microseconds past utc time for $utime()
-
- Examples:
- $time() might return "850381369"
- $utime() might return "850381369 56367", which is "850381369.056367"
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- See Also:
- stime(6)
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