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title: system.time() function
description: >
  `system.time()` returns the current system time.
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flux/v0/tags: [date/time]
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`system.time()` returns the current system time.



##### Function type signature

```js
() => time
```

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## Examples

### Return a stream of tables with the current system time

```js
import "array"
import "system"

array.from(rows: [{time: system.time()}])

```