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OpenMatrix is a mathematical scripting language.
Returns the current date and time.
Returns time as a string in local time, for the given time, t, in seconds.
Returns the day and time input as a number of days since January 1, 0000.
Returns the day of a given date string, s.
Returns the hours in a given date string, s.
Returns the minutes in a given date string, s.
Returns the month of a given date string, s.
Returns the seconds in a given string, s.
Pauses the current execution for n seconds.
Sets an internal clock.
Returns current time in seconds from the epoch January 1, 1970.
Calls to toc return the elapsed time since tic was called.
Returns the year of a given date string, s.
Describes all of the blocks in the installed Activate library.
Key terms associated with the software.
Define shortcuts to common operations.