# $EPIC: metric_time.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/01 05:15:58 sthalik Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$__metric_time__()

======Return Value:======
The current metric time, represented as:

|$0  |The number of whole days since the epoch               |
|$1  |The number of (fractional) millidays since the epoch.  |

======Practical:======
You can use this when you're feeling particularly geeky.

======Returns:======
The number of days and millidays since the epoch.

======Examples:======
<file>
$metric_time()      might return "12854 58.797431"
</file>

======History:======
This function first appeared in EPIC4-1.1.13.