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+;;; Ikarus Scheme -- A compiler for R6RS Scheme.
+;;; Copyright (C) 2006,2007  Abdulaziz Ghuloum
+;;; 
+;;; This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
+;;; published by the Free Software Foundation.
+;;; 
+;;; This program 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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+(library (ikarus system time-and-date)
+  (export current-time time? time-seconds)
+  (import 
+    (except (ikarus) time current-time time? time-seconds))
+
+  (define-struct time (msecs secs usecs))
+                  ;;; mega/seconds/micros
+
+  (define (current-time) 
+    (foreign-call "ikrt_current_time" (make-time 0 0 0)))
+
+  (define (time-seconds x)
+    (if (time? x) 
+        (+ (* (time-msecs x) #e10e6)
+           (time-secs x))
+        (error 'time-seconds "not a time" x))))
+