Apropos

get-universal-time, get-decoded-timeFunction

    Syntax

    get-universal-timeno arguments universal-time

    get-decoded-time no arguments
    second, minute, hour, date, month, year, day, daylight-p, zone
    Arguments and Values

    universal-time — a universal time.

    second, minute, hour, date, month, year, day, daylight-p, zone — a decoded time.

    Description

    get-universal-time returns the current time, represented as a universal time.

    get-decoded-time returns the current time, represented as a decoded time.

    Examples
    ;; At noon on July 4, 1976 in Eastern Daylight Time. 
     (get-decoded-time)  0, 0, 12, 4, 7, 1976, 6, true, 5 
    ;; At exactly the same instant. 
     (get-universal-time)  2414332800 
    ;; Exactly five minutes later. 
     (get-universal-time)  2414333100 
    ;; The difference is 300 seconds (five minutes) 
     (- * **)  300
    Affected By

    The time of day (i.e., the passage of time), the system clock’s ability to keep accurate time, and the accuracy of the system clock’s initial setting.

    Exceptional Situations

    An error of type error might be signaled if the current time cannot be determined.

    See Also

    decode-universal-time, encode-universal-time, Section 25.1.4 (Time)

    Notes
    (get-decoded-time)  (decode-universal-time (get-universal-time))

    No implementation is required to have a way to verify that the time returned is correct. However, if an implementation provides a validity check (e.g., the failure to have properly initialized the system clock can be reliably detected) and that validity check fails, the implementation is strongly encouraged (but not required) to signal an error of type error (rather than, for example, returning a known-to-be-wrong value) that is correctable by allowing the user to interactively set the correct time.