TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables

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#TIMESTAMP Built-In Function

Use #TIMESTAMP to obtain a three-word timestamp from the CPU interval clock in the

TACL CPU. The three-word timestamp is also known as a local timestamp and

represents the number of centiseconds (.01 second) since 00:00 December 31, 1974.

Result

#TIMESTAMP returns the result of the TIMESTAMP operating system procedure.

Consideration

You can convert the result of #TIMESTAMP to a numeric date and time by using

#CONTIME.

Example

This example illustrates the #TIMESTAMP result:

15> #OUTPUT [#TIMESTAMP]

16> 39950986284

#TIMESTAMP