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Gordon.dye at 15:55, 8 June 2015

2015-06-08T15:55:42Z

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	The '''Timer''' [[internal function]] returns a "Real Number" with 5 decimal digits accuracy with the number of seconds elapsed since ~~a point in time roughly around~~ 1970.		The '''Timer''' [[internal function]] returns a "Real Number" with 5 decimal digits accuracy with the number of seconds elapsed since midnight, January 1, 1970.

	* ~~Most Likely this~~ starting point is ~~related to~~ the [[operating system]].		* This starting point is obtained from the [[operating system]] so it is only as accurate as your system time.

	This value is used internally by the pro filer to monitor performance, but may be used within programs to measure the time very accurately		This value is used internally by the pro filer to monitor performance, but may be used within programs to measure the time very accurately

Laura at 03:16, 22 May 2014

2014-05-22T03:16:58Z

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	The '''Timer''' [[internal function]] returns a "Real Number" with 5 decimal digits accuracy with the number of seconds elapsed since a point in time roughly around 1970.		The '''Timer''' [[internal function]] returns a "Real Number" with 5 decimal digits accuracy with the number of seconds elapsed since a point in time roughly around 1970.

John: moved TIMER to Timer over redirect

2014-02-26T19:47:26Z

moved TIMER to Timer over redirect

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Laura at 17:21, 6 April 2013

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	The '''Timer''' [[internal function]] returns a "Real Number" with 5 decimal digits accuracy with the number of seconds elapsed since a point in time roughly around 1970.		The '''Timer''' [[internal function]] returns a "Real Number" with 5 decimal digits accuracy with the number of seconds elapsed since a point in time roughly around 1970.

Mikhail.zheleznov: moved Timer to TIMER

2012-01-17T08:51:16Z

moved Timer to TIMER

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Mikhail.zheleznov: 1 revision

2012-01-15T14:11:53Z

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TIMER

The '''Timer''' [[internal function]] returns a "Real Number" with 5 decimal digits accuracy with the number of seconds elapsed since a point in time roughly around 1970.

* Most Likely this starting point is related to the [[operating system]].

This value is used internally by the pro filer to monitor performance, but may be used within programs to measure the time very accurately

The function works as far back as [[4.1]]x.

Simple Example:

PRINT TIMER
Returns: 1305192990.17052

The following example shows the timer value, and converts it to various units "Minutes" "Hours" "Years". It also shows the total time elapsed for this program. (It usually returns 0.0156004) With 1 Attempt.

00001 PRINT Newpage
00010 LET Tot_Time=Timer
00020 PRINT "Timer:",Tot_Time
00030 PRINT "Minutes:",Int(Tot_Time/60)
00040 PRINT "Hours:",Int(Tot_Time/(60*60))
00050 PRINT "Years:",(Tot_Time/(60*60*24*365))
00060 LET New_Time=Timer
00065 IF (New_Time-Tot_Time)=0 THEN LET Attempts+=1 : GOTO 60
00070 PRINT "Time Elapsed: (";Attempts+1;")",New_Time-Tot_Time

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