.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: GetTickCount

.. _gettickcount:

GetTickCount
============

.. us.tag  GetTickCount ENGLISH DATETIME Changed400

:ref:`GetTickCount` returns the number of milliseconds that have elapsed 
since UniPlot was started.

.. function::  nTicks = GetTickCount()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*nTicks* is  the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since Windows was
started.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   * printf("%f\n", GetTickCount());
   43314765

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-date-and-time`,
   :ref:`tic`,
   :ref:`toc`

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