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title: API
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# Time Library
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The `(scheme time)` library provides access to time-related values.
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For more information see the [R<sup>7</sup>RS Scheme Specification](../../r7rs.pdf).
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- [`current-jiffy`](#current-jiffy)
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- [`current-second`](#current-second)
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- [`jiffies-per-second`](#jiffies-per-second)
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# current-jiffy
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(current-jiffy)
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Get the number of jiffies since the program started. This function can return the same value if the program runs longer than approximately 72 minutes on a 32-bit platform.
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# current-second
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(current-second)
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Get the current number of seconds since the UNIX epoch.
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# jiffies-per-second
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(jiffies-per-second)
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The number of jiffies per second.
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