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+#
+# Makefile for octave's scripts/time directory
+#
+# John W. Eaton
+# jwe@che.utexas.edu
+# Department of Chemical Engineering
+# The University of Texas at Austin
+
+TOPDIR = ../..
+
+script_sub_dir = time
+
+srcdir = @srcdir@
+top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+VPATH = @srcdir@
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/Makeconf
+
+INSTALL = @INSTALL@
+INSTALL_PROGRAM = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
+INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
+
+SOURCES = *.m
+
+DISTFILES = Makefile.in $(SOURCES)
+
+FCN_FILES = $(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.m)
+FCN_FILES_NO_DIR = $(notdir $(FCN_FILES))
+
+all:
+.PHONY: all
+
+install:
+	$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(fcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)
+	for f in $(FCN_FILES_NO_DIR) ; do \
+	  rm -f $(fcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)/$$f ; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$f $(fcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)/$$f ; \
+	done
+.PHONY: install
+
+uninstall:
+	for f in $(FCN_FILES_NO_DIR) ; \
+	  do rm -f $(fcnfiledir)/$(script_sub_dir)/$$f ; \
+	done
+.PHONY: uninstall
+
+clean:
+.PHONY: clean
+
+tags: $(SOURCES)
+	ctags $(SOURCES)
+
+TAGS: $(SOURCES)
+	etags $(SOURCES)
+
+mostlyclean: clean
+.PHONY: mostlyclean
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f Makefile
+.PHONY: distclean
+
+realclean: distclean
+	rm -f tags TAGS
+.PHONY: realclean
+
+local-dist:
+	ln $(DISTFILES) ../../`cat ../../.fname`/scripts/time
+.PHONY: local-dist
+
+dist:
+	ln $(DISTFILES) ../../`cat ../../.fname`/scripts/time
+.PHONY: dist

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+# Copyright (C) 1995 John W. Eaton
+# 
+# This file is part of Octave.
+# 
+# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+# 
+# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+function retval = asctime (t)
+
+# usage: asctime (TMSTRUCT)
+
+  if (nargin == 1)
+    retval = strftime ("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y\n", t);
+  else
+    usage ("asctime (TMSTRUCT)");
+  endif
+
+endfunction

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+++ b/scripts/time/clock.m
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+# Copyright (C) 1995 John W. Eaton
+# 
+# This file is part of Octave.
+# 
+# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+# 
+# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+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

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+# Copyright (C) 1995 John W. Eaton
+# 
+# This file is part of Octave.
+# 
+# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+# 
+# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+function retval = ctime (t)
+
+# usage: ctime (TMSTRUCT)
+
+  if (nargin == 1)
+    retval = asctime (localtime (t));
+  else
+    usage ("ctime (TMSTRUCT)");
+  endif
+
+endfunction

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+# Copyright (C) 1995 John W. Eaton
+# 
+# This file is part of Octave.
+# 
+# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+# 
+# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+# Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+function retval = date ()
+
+# usage: date ()
+#
+# Return current date in a string, in the form `18-Jul-94'.
+
+  retval = strftime ("%d-%b-%y", localtime (time ()));
+
+endfunction