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+# $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)