TIME8 — Time function (64-bit)

TIME8()

Returns the current time encoded as an integer (in the manner of the function time(3) in the C standard library). This value is suitable for passing to CTIME — Convert a time into a string, GMTIME — Convert time to GMT info, and LTIME — Convert time to local time info.

Returns

The return value is a scalar of type INTEGER(8).

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Function

Syntax:

RESULT = TIME8()

See also:

DATE_AND_TIME — Date and time subroutine, CTIME — Convert a time into a string, GMTIME — Convert time to GMT info, LTIME — Convert time to local time info, MCLOCK8 — Time function (64-bit), TIME — Time function