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This will give you the current time in a format required by the rest of the API.

=Syntax=
<source lang="C">
uint64_t truxton_time_now( void );
</source>

=Return value=
The current time as [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/minwinbase/ns-minwinbase-filetime FILETIME] ticks.

=Sample=
<source lang="C" highlight="3">
void test_time( void )
{
uint64_t ticks = truxton_time_now();

printf( "The time is now %" PRIu64 "\n" );
}
</source>

The <code>PRIu64</code> in the sample code above is a standard way of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_data_types#Printf_and_scanf_format_specifiers formatting] a 64-bit unsigned integer in C.
Over the years, different compilers on different operating systems used different format specifiers for things, these <code>PRI</code> macros, along with some tricky string concatenation the compilers perform for you, allow you to maintain a single code base without a bunch of macro magic.

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