Use <dtml-var "_.int(ZopeTime())"> This bypasses the string representation and returns the date as a number of seconds since the epoch HTH, -- Marcus

-----Original Message----- From: J C Lawrence [mailto:claw@kanga.nu] Sent: 24 January 2000 09:00 To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Getting the epoch time as an integer

How do I get the current time as the number of seconds since the Epoch?

I know I can use ZopeTime in various interesting ways to get a pretty string that expresses the current time/date in human readable format. I don't want that. I want the raw integer number of seconds since 1970. I've been thru the HOW-TO, thru the DTML guide and all the option and format strings and I just don't see it (or I'm going blind). Surely there's a way to get just the raw time_t?

-- J C Lawrence Home: claw@kanga.nu ----------(*) Other: coder@kanga.nu --=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--

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