gettimeofday
    (PHP 3 >= 3.0.7, PHP 4, PHP 5)
gettimeofday -- Get current time
Description
mixed 
gettimeofday ( [bool return_float] )
   This is an interface to gettimeofday(2). It returns an
   associative array containing the data returned from the system
   call.
  
Parameters
   
- return_float
 
       When set to TRUE, a float instead of an array is returned.
      
 
  Return Values
   By default an array is returned. If return_float
   is set, then a float is returned.
  
   Array keys:
   
      "sec" - seconds since the Unix Epoch
     
      "usec" - microseconds
     
      "minuteswest" - minutes west of Greenwich
     
      "dsttime" - type of dst correction
     
  Examples
   
Example 1. gettimeofday() example 
<?php print_r(gettimeofday());
  echo gettimeofday(true); ?>
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 The above example will output 
something similar to: Array
(
    [sec] => 1073504408
    [usec] => 238215
    [minuteswest] => 0
    [dsttime] => 1
)
1073504408.23910 |  
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