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 time()                  Get Current System Time as Long Integer

 #include   <time.h>                     Required for declarations only

 time_t     time(timeptr);
 time_t     *timeptr;                    Storage location for time

    time() returns the time in number of seconds since 00:00:00 Greenwich
    mean time, January 1, 1970.  The value is stored in a location
    pointed to by 'timeptr'.  If 'timeptr' is NULL, the return value is
    not stored.

       Returns:     The time elapsed in seconds.  There is no error
                    return.

   -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------

    The following statements get and print the elapsed time in seconds.

           #include <time.h>
           #include <stdio.h>

           time_t elapstime;

           main()
           {
               time(&elapstime);
               printf("Number of seconds since 1-1-70: %ld \n",elapstime);
           }