=====time===== Syntax: #include time_t time( time_t *time ); The function time() returns the current time (in seconds), or -1 if there is an error. If the argument ''time'' is given, then the current time is stored in ''time''. Related Topics: [[asctime]], [[clock]], [[ctime]], [[difftime]], [[gmtime]], [[localtime]], [[mktime]], [[c:other:srand|srand]], [[strftime]]