Description

Returns the number seconds since 1 January 1970, using the operating system's clock.

Syntax

ir date

Initialization

ir -- value at i-time, of the system clock in seconds since the start of the epoch.

Examples

Here is an example of the date opcode. It uses the file date.csd.

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
; Audio out   Audio in
-odac           -iadc    ;;;RT audio I/O
; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
; -o date.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>
instr 1
      ii date
      print ii
      Sa dates ii
      prints Sa
      Ss dates -1
      prints Ss
      St dates 1
      prints St 
endin

</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>
i 1 0 1
e
</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>

Its output should include lines like this:

instr 1:  ii = 1165665152.000
Sat Dec  9 11:52:32 2006
Sat Dec  9 11:51:46 2006
Thu Jan  1 01:00:01 1970
      

See Also

dates

Credits

New in Csound version 5.05