FUNCTION::GETTIMEOFD(3stap)

✨ NAME ✨

function::gettimeofday_ms — bestie, it's literally the number of milliseconds since the UNIX epoch 💖

(this lives in the 3stap manual, under the Timestamp Functions girlies 🕐✨)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gettimeofday_ms:long()

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• None 💅

Not one. Zero. Nada. She takes no arguments, she just is 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so this function returns the number of milliseconds since the UNIX epoch. that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap, she's a simple queen 👑

epoch = the moment time started counting, and every millisecond since then gets tallied up. iconic behavior fr fr ⏱️

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• tapset::timestamp_gtod(3stap)

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k bye bestie, go read the other timestamp tapset docs, they're giving main character energy too 🫶

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