timestamp

Purpose

Generate a timestamp by combining the current UTC date and time.

Synopsis

function timestamp:real

Return value

The number of seconds since 1/1/1970 at midnight as a real.

Further information

1. This function corresponds to the expression (using UTC time): real(currentdate)*86400+currenttime/1000

2. A local time timestamp may be obtained using: getasnumber(datetime(SYS_NOW))

3. Refer to the module mmsystem for a set of dedicated types for handling date and time.