ns_time(3aolserver)					    AOLserver Built-In Commands 				       ns_time(3aolserver)

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NAME

       ns_time, ns_fmttime, ns_gmtime, ns_localtime, - commands

SYNOPSIS

       ns_fmttime time ?format string?

       ns_gmtime

       ns_localtime

       ns_time
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DESCRIPTION

       ns_time:  Returns  the value of time in seconds since 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970. This return value is suitable as input to the ns_http-
       time function to get the current time.

       ns_fmttime: Formats the time string,time,according to the format provided in format string. If no format is provided, defaults to "%a %b %e
       %H:%M:%S %Z %Y".

       ns_gmttime: Returns a Tcl list of the pieces of the current Greenwich Mean Time. The pieces are
	   seconds (0-59)
	   minutes (0-59)
	   hours (0-23)
	   dayofmonth (1-31)
	   monthofyear (0-11)
	   year (year-1900)*
	   dayofweek (Sunday=0)
	   dayofyear (0-365)
	   1 if Daylight Savings Time is in effect

       ns_localtime: Returns a Tcl list of the pieces of the current local time. The pieces are
	   seconds (0-59)
	   minutes (0-59)
	   hours (0-23)
	   dayofmonth (1-31)
	   monthofyear (0-11)
	   year (year-1900)*
	   dayofweek (Sunday=0)
	   dayofyear (0-365)
	   1 if Daylight Savings Time is in effect

EXAMPLES

       ns_fmttime [ns_time] returns: Tue Nov 12 15:14:47 2002 ns_fmttime [ns_time] "%Y%m%d" returns: 20021112

SEE ALSO

       ns_httptime

KEYWORDS

AOLserver								4.0						       ns_time(3aolserver)