unixNow()

Determines the current timestamp as understood by the unix world.

Syntax

o_unixNow()

no inputs

return: scalar Real32

Usage

Determines the current timestamp as understood by the unix world.

Location

menu: veeos ==> Date/Time ==> unixNow

library: veeosLib

Example

o_yWeek(now()) returns the current week of the year.

Notes

Very similar to the builtin now() but that is Windows time as opposed to unix time. Windows uses a 64- bit clock referenced to January 1 of the year 1. Unix on the other hand uses a 32-bit clock references to 1 January 1970.

Reference

• ISO-8601 is an international standard for time and date representation.

Supported On

VEE 7.0+, All platforms.

See Also

time, yDay, yWeek, timeZone, utcNow, ywTodate