# Command: time

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Name:

    time - return wall clock time in s since 1.1.1970 0
      Synopsis:  time -> int

Description:

    calls time() and returns seconds since 1.1.1970,
      00:00:00 UTC.  This is mainly meant as a tool to generate random seeds.

Author:

    Hans E. Plesser

FirstVersion:

    2001-10-03

SeeAlso:

- clock
- usertime
- tic
- toc
- sleep

Source:

    /opt/conda/conda-bld/nest_1512418852064/work/nest-2.12.0/sli/slicontrol.cc

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