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Returns total number of seconds elapsed since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970 based on your system time or on the time you have specified.
 $ctime
 $ctime(text)
$ctime without properties is equivalent to $ctime(January 1 1970 00:00:00).
== Example ==
 $ctime(24/12/2004 12:00)
This will return 1103886000, as it is total number of seconds from January 1, 1970, 00:00 until December 24, 2004, 12:00.

== See Also ==
[[$asctime]] returns the time and date in text format associated with the $ctime time value.

[[Category:Time and Date Identifiers]]