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 Purpose  | 
 Return the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight.  | 
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 Syntax  | 
 y = TIMER  | 
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 Remarks  | 
 TIMER returns the number of seconds since midnight as a Double-precision floating-point value. The resolution is about 1/100 of a second on NT-based platforms, or 1/18th of a second on earlier platforms.  | 
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 Example  | 
 OldTime$ = TIME$ ' Current time TIME$ = "12" ' Noon NoonSec$ = FORMAT$(TIMER, "#,") x$ = "Noon is " + NoonSec$ + " seconds past midnight" TIME$ = OldTime$ ' Restore time  | 
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 Result  | 
 Noon is 43,200 seconds past midnight  |