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# System time

```ruby
# textual
say Time.local.ctime         # => Thu Mar 19 15:10:41 2015
 
# epoch time
say Time.sec                 # => 1426770641
 
# epoch time with fractional seconds
say Time.micro_sec           # => 1426770641.68409
```
