seconds

the seconds

the secs

Value returned: an integer equal to the number of seconds between midnight, January 1, 1904, and the current time set in your computer

Demo Script

on secondsDemo

  -- Check the speed of an operation

  put 0 into total

  put the seconds into startTime

  repeat with number = 1 to 1000

    set cursor to busy

    add number to total

  end repeat

  put the seconds - startTime into totalTime

  answer "The sum of numbers 1 to 1000 is" && total  &&¬

  "and it took" && totalTime && "seconds to figure this out."

end secondsDemo