[#BloombergLP-bdlmt-TimerEventScheduler-now] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlmt.adoc[bdlmt]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlmt/TimerEventScheduler.adoc[TimerEventScheduler]::now :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the current epoch time, an absolute time represented as an interval from some epoch, which is determined by the clock indicated at construction (see []Clock‐Types)). == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlmt_timereventscheduler.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/bsls/TimeInterval.adoc[bsls::TimeInterval] now() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#