time() function

Syntax

var = time()

Parameter(s)

Description

The parentheses following the function are required, and never contain any arguments.

Example(s)

This example outputs the current system time in external format.

print ’the time is ’:oconv(time(),’mth’)

This is an example of a loop that terminates under two conditions. Either a key is pressed on the keyboard (system(14)) or 30 seconds has passed without any keystrokes. If no keys are waiting and the time-out is not over, sleep for a second and check again.

start.time=time()
loop until (time()-start.time)>30 or system(14) do
rqm
repeat

See also

BASIC functions, mt (mask time) processing code, oconv() function, Statements and functions, timedate() function