|  | ANSI Common Lisp  25 Environment  25.2 Dictionary of Environment 
 
| 25.2.12  get-internal-real-time | Function |  
 Syntax:
get-internal-real-time
 < no arguments > 
   internal-time 
Arguments and Values:
internal-time - a non-negative integer.
Description:
get-internal-real-time returns as an integer the 
current time in internal time units, relative to an arbitrary 
time base.  The difference between the values of two calls to this
function is the amount of elapsed real time (i.e.,  clock time) between the two calls. 
Affected By:
Time of day (i.e.,  the passage of time).
The time base affects the result magnitude.
See Also:
internal-time-units-per-second
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 None. |