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+// timefns.cc                                            -*- C++ -*-
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include "dMatrix.h"
+
+#include "tree-const.h"
+#include "oct-obj.h"
+#include "defun.h"
+
+DEFUN ("clock", Fclock, Sclock, 1, 0,
+  "clock (): return current date and time in vector with elements\n\
+\n\
+  [ year, month, day-of-month, hour, minute, second ]")
+{
+  time_t now;
+  struct tm *tm;
+
+  time (&now);
+  tm = localtime (&now);
+
+  Matrix m (1, 6);
+  m.elem (0, 0) = tm->tm_year + 1900;
+  m.elem (0, 1) = tm->tm_mon + 1;
+  m.elem (0, 2) = tm->tm_mday;
+  m.elem (0, 3) = tm->tm_hour;
+  m.elem (0, 4) = tm->tm_min;
+  m.elem (0, 5) = tm->tm_sec;
+
+  return m;
+}
+
+DEFUN ("date", Fdate, Sdate, 1, 0,
+  "date (): return current date in a string, in the form `18-Jul-94'")
+{
+  Octave_object retval;
+
+  time_t now;
+  struct tm *tm;
+
+  time (&now);
+  tm = localtime (&now);
+  char date[32];
+  int len = strftime (date, 31, "%d-%b-%y", tm);
+  if (len > 0)
+    retval = date;
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; page-delimiter: "^/\\*" ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/