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The Reference Guide contains documentation for all functions supported in the OpenMatrix language.
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now
Returns the number of days from January 1, 0000 and the current time in seconds as a double.

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    - clock
      Returns the current date and time.
    - ctime
      Returns time as a string in local time, for the given time, t, in seconds.
    - datenum
      Returns the day and time input as a number of days since January 1, 0000.
    - datestr
      Returns a date as a formatted string.
    - datevec
      Returns the date vector (year, month, day, hour, minute, seconds) for the given date number or string.
    - day
      Returns the day of a given date string, s.
    - hour
      Returns the hours in a given date string, s.
    - minute
      Returns the minutes in a given date string, s.
    - month
      Returns the month of a given date string, s.
    - now
      Returns the number of days from January 1, 0000 and the current time in seconds as a double.
    - quarter
      Returns the quarter that a given date string, s falls in.
    - second
      Returns the seconds in a given string, s.
    - sleep
      Pauses the current execution for n seconds.
    - tic
      Sets an internal clock.
    - time
      Returns current time in seconds from the epoch January 1, 1970.
    - toc
      Calls to toc return the elapsed time since tic was called.
    - weekday
      Returns the day of the week for the given date.
    - year
      Returns the year of a given date string, s.
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now

Returns the number of days from January 1, 0000 and the current time in seconds as a double.

Syntax

R = now

Outputs

R: The integral part is the number of days since January 1, 0000 and the fractional part is the current time in seconds.; Type: double

Example

R = now()
R = 737540.37

Version History

2024.1