Python.Time
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Read the "wall clock" time.

| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Python](component_Python.md) | [15.2](newinversion152.md) | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |

MBS( "Python.Time" ) ### Parameters

none

### Result

Returns number or error.

### Description

Read the "wall clock" time.  
Return the time in seconds since the epoch as a floating-point number. The handling of leap seconds is platform dependent. On Windows and most Unix systems, the leap seconds are not counted towards the time in seconds since the epoch. This is commonly referred to as Unix time.  
### Examples

Query the time:

 MBS ( "Python.Time" )  
<small>  
Example result: 1743330201673808000</small>### See also

- [Python.List](PythonList.md)

### Blog Entries

- [News in MBS FileMaker Plugin 15.2](https://www.mbsplugins.de/archive/2025-05-13/News_in_MBS_FileMaker_Plugin_1/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_filemaker)

This function is free to use.

Created 30th March 2025 , last changed 2nd December 2025

  
[Python.SetValue](PythonSetValue.md) - [Python.ValueCount](PythonValueCount.md)

[HTML Version](PythonTime.shtml)