TIMER function

Purpose | Return the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight.
Syntax | y = TIMER
Remarks | TIMER returns the number of seconds since midnight as a Double-precision floating-point value. The resolution is about 1/100 of a second on NT-based platforms, or 1/18th of a second on earlier platforms.
See also | DATE$, TIME$, TIX
Example | OldTime$ = TIME$ ' Current time TIME$ = "12" ' Noon NoonSec$ = FORMAT$(TIMER, "#,") x$ = "Noon is " + NoonSec$ + " seconds past midnight" TIME$ = OldTime$ ' Restore time
Result | Noon is 43,200 seconds past midnight