Time

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Time

Description   This unit contains the predefined subprograms that handle anything to do with time, either as a date or as a timer.

All routines in the Time unit are exported qualified (and thus must be prefaced with "Time.").

Entry Points  
Sec Returns the number of seconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00 GMT.
Date Returns the current date and time as a string.
SecDate Converts a number of seconds into a date / time string.
DateSec Converts a date / time string to a number of seconds.
SecParts Converts the number of seconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00 GMT into a day of month, month, year, day of week, hour, minute and second integers.
PartsSec Converts a day of month, month, year, hour, minute and second integers into the number of seconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00 GMT.
SecStr Converts the number of seconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00 GMT into a user specified formatted string representing the date.
Elapsed Returns the number of milliseconds elapsed since the program started to run.
ElapsedCPU Returns the number of milliseconds of CPU time elapsed since the program started to run.
Delay Sleeps for a specified number of milliseconds.
DelaySinceLast Sleeps until a specified number of milliseconds since the last call to Time.DelaySinceLast.

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