time() Function

The time() function returns the current system time in its internal format, representing the number of seconds past midnight.

Syntax

var = time()

Parameter(s)

var	Variable to which the internal system time is returned.

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