1 ## Copyright (C) 2008 Bill Denney <bill@denney.ws>
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17 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {datenum =} today ()
18 ## Returns the current local date as the number of days since Jan 1, 0000.
19 ## By this reckoning, Jan 1, 1970 is day number 719529.
21 ## The returned number corresponds to 00:00:00 today.
23 ## The returned value is also called a "serial date number"
24 ## (see @code{datenum}).
25 ## @seealso{clock, date, datenum, now}