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+## `luatz.gettime` <!-- --> {#gettime}
A module to get the current time.
A module to get the current time.
- `gettimeofday(2)`
- [luasocket](http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/)'s `socket.gettime`
- [Openresty](http://openresty.org/)'s [`ngx.now`](http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpLuaModule#ngx.now)
- `gettimeofday(2)`
- [luasocket](http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/)'s `socket.gettime`
- [Openresty](http://openresty.org/)'s [`ngx.now`](http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpLuaModule#ngx.now)
- - [`os.time`](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2 /manual.html#pdf-os.time)
+ - [`os.time`](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3 /manual.html#pdf-os.time)
+### `source` <!-- --> {#gettime.source}
-The library/function currently in use.
+The library/function currently in use by [`gettime()`](#gettime.gettime) .
-The smallest time resolution (in seconds) available from `gettime ( )` .
+### `resolution` <!-- --> {#gettime.resolution}
+The smallest time resolution (in seconds) available from [`gettime()`](#gettime.gettime).
+
+
+### `gettime()` <!-- --> {#gettime.gettime}
Returns the number of seconds since unix epoch (1970-01-01T00:00:00Z) as a lua number
Returns the number of seconds since unix epoch (1970-01-01T00:00:00Z) as a lua number