[Chapter 3] 3.2.173 time
Author: Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz
Date: 1999-07-02T01:55:37Z

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| Chapter 3 Functions |

### 3.2.173 time

    time

This function returns the number of non-leap seconds since January 1, 1970, UTC.[10] The returned value is suitable for feeding to gmtime and localtime, and for comparison with file modification and access times returned by stat, and for feeding to utime - see the examples under utime.

> [10] Also known as the "epoch", not to be confused with the "epic", which is about the making of UNIX. (Other operating systems may have a different epoch, not to mention a different epic.)

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