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<H3><A NAME="SEC53" HREF="ProgrammersManual_toc.html#TOC53">Operations Involving Times and Dates</A></H3>

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<DT><U>Function:</U> int <B>time</B> <I>()</I>
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Returns the current time, represented as the number of seconds that have
elapsed since midnight on 1 January 1970, Greenwich Mean Time.
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<DT><U>Function:</U> str <B>ctime</B> <I>([int <VAR>time</VAR>])</I>
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Interprets <VAR>time</VAR> as a time, using the same representation as given in the
description of <CODE>time()</CODE>, above, and converts it into a 28-character,
human-readable string in the following format:

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Mon Aug 13 19:13:20 1990 PDT
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If the current day of the month is less than 10, then an extra blank appears
between the month and the day:

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If <VAR>time</VAR> is not provided, then the current time is used.

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Note that <CODE>ctime()</CODE> interprets <VAR>time</VAR> for the local time zone of the
computer on which the MOO server is running.
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