perlfunc
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<P>time - return number of seconds since 1970<P><HR>
<P>time<P><HR>
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Returns the number of non-leap seconds since whatever time the system considers to be the epoch (that's 00:00:00, January 1, 1904 for MacOS, and 00:00:00
UTC, January 1, 1970 for most other systems). Suitable for feeding to
[perlfunc:gmtime|gmtime()] and [perlfunc:localtime|localtime()].
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