TeX/time

Synopsis
\time= \time

Description
\time is a parameter that TeX initiates to the number of minutes that have completed in the current day. TeX sets this parameter once upon start-up. If, for example, TeX starts at 10:32:45am, then \time would be set to 60*10+32=632, dropping the 45 seconds. This parameter may be changed to with either of the two equivalent forms above.

Examples
Recall that the command \number will typeset the decimal representation of whatever follows it, and TeX started at, say, 10:32:04am then \number\time will typeset 632, if the \time parameter has not be redefined since TeX started. \time=-45 \number\time will typeset -45.