# $EPIC: utime_function.txt,v 1.1.1.1 2006/07/11 04:57:43 jnelson Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$__time__() \\
$__utime__()

======Technical:======
These functions return the current time in utc format.  The only
difference between the two is that $__time__() is accurate to the second,
while $__utime__() is accurate to the microsecond.  Neither function takes
any arguments.

======Practical:======
Both functions return a long unsigned integer representing the number
of seconds since 18:00, 31 December 1969, which can be parsed into a
human-readable format by $[[stime]]().  In addition, $utime() returns an
additional integer, representing the number of microseconds past the
first number that the current time is.

======Returns:======
utc time, plus number of microseconds past utc time for $__utime__()

======Examples:======
<file>
$time()      might return "850381369"
$utime()     might return "850381369 56367", which is "850381369.056367"
</file>

======See Also:======
[[.:stime]](6)