# Copyright (C) 1995 John W. Eaton
# 
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function retval = clock ()

# usage: clock ()
#
# Return current date and time in vector with elements
#
#   [ year, month, day-of-month, hour, minute, second ]

  tm = localtime (time ());

  retval = zeros (1, 6);

  retval(1) = tm.tm_year + 1900;
  retval(2) = tm.tm_mon + 1;
  retval(3) = tm.tm_mday;
  retval(4) = tm.tm_hour;
  retval(5) = tm.tm_min;
  retval(6) = tm.tm_sec + tm.tm_usec / 1e6;

endfunction