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Return the current date/time as a time interval from the epoch.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_currenttime.h>`

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== Description

Return the `TimeInterval` value between `EpochUtil::epoch()` and the current date/time as provided by the installed callback function. Note that this value is independent of time zone.

== Return Value

the current time as an interval from the epoch


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