.help zgtime May84 "System Interface" .ih NAME zgtime -- get clock and cpu times .ih SYNOPSIS .nf zgtime (clock_time, cpu_time) long clock_time # LST, long integer seconds long cpu_time # cpu time consumed, milliseconds .fi .ih DESCRIPTION The \fBzgtime\fR primitive returns the local standard time (clock time) in long integer seconds since midnight on January 1, 1980, and the cpu time consumed by the calling process and all subproceses since process creation in milliseconds. No allowance is made for time zones or daylight savings time. .ih BUGS When daylight savings time goes into effect there is a one hour interval during which the time base is ambiguous. A different time base whould have to be used for a distributed system spanning several time zones. .ih SEE ALSO ztslee .endhelp