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<h1>uptime</h1>

<p>
Gets System Up Time. <em>(version 4.81 or later)</em>
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<pre class="macro-syntax">
uptime &lt;intvar&gt;
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<h2>Remarks</h2>

<p>
Retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the Windows OS was started,
and then stores the value into the &lt;intvar&gt; variable.
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<p>
The time wraps around to zero if the system is run continuously for 49.7 days.
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<h2>Example</h2>

<pre class="macro-example">
; How to get the uptime in Windows
uptime var
day = var / 86400000
var = var % 86400000
hour = var / 3600000
var = var % 3600000
min = var / 60000
var = var % 60000
sec = var / 1000

sprintf2 str "System Up Time: %d Days, %d Hours, %d Minutes, %d Seconds" day hour min sec
messagebox str "uptime"
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<pre class="macro-example">
uptime varstart

; do something...

uptime varend
diff = varend - varstart
sprintf2 str "MACRO running time: %d msec" diff
messagebox str "running time"
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