#### 1.14.1.71 time

The ‘time‘ function returns the current system time. This value can be converted to a date string with the strftime function, or it can be used in conjunction with timecolumn to generate relative time/date plots. The type of the argument determines what is returned. If the argument is an integer, time() returns the current time as an integer, in seconds from 1 Jan 2000. If the argument is real (or complex), the result is real as well. If the argument is a string, it is assumed to be a format string, and it is passed to strftime to provide a formatted time string.