gettime
| gettime | 
  Purpose
 
  Synopsis
 
function gettime:real
 function gettime(dt:datetime):time
 
  Argument
 
| 
     dt 
     | 
     A
     datetime object
     | 
  Return value
 
 Time measure in seconds or a
 time object.
  Example
 
 The following prints the program execution time:
 
starttime:= gettime                 ! Get the start time
 ...                                ! Do something
write("Time: ",gettime-starttime) 
  Further information
 
 1. The measure returned by this function corresponds to the elapsed time since the module has been initialized (just before execution of the model starts).
 
 2. The second form of this function is used to extract the time part of a datetime structure.
 
  Related topics
 
  Module
 
 
