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<c74object name="date" module="max" category="System">
	<digest>
		Report current date and time
	</digest>
	<description>
		Reports the current date, time, or the number of 1/60th-second ticks since startup.
	</description>
	<!--METADATA-->
	<metadatalist>
		<metadata name="author">
			Cycling '74
		</metadata>
		<metadata name="tag">
			Max
		</metadata>
		<metadata name="tag">
			System
		</metadata>
	</metadatalist>
	<!--INLETS-->
	<inletlist>
		<inlet id="0" type="INLET_TYPE">
			<digest>
				date, time, or ticks Message
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</inlet>
		<inlet id="1" type="INLET_TYPE">
			<digest>
				date, time, or ticks Message
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</inlet>
	</inletlist>
	<!--OUTLETS-->
	<outletlist>
		<outlet id="0" type="OUTLET_TYPE">
			<digest>
				Date (Month/Day/Year)
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</outlet>
		<outlet id="1" type="OUTLET_TYPE">
			<digest>
				Time (Hour/Minute/Second)
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</outlet>
		<outlet id="2" type="OUTLET_TYPE">
			<digest>
				Ticks (1/60th Second)
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</outlet>
	</outletlist>
	<!--ARGUMENTS-->
	<objarglist>
		<objarg id="0" name="OBJARG_NAME" type="OBJARG_TYPE" optional="0">
			<digest>
				TEXT_HERE
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</objarg>
	</objarglist>
	<!--MESSAGES-->
	<methodlist>
		<method name="date">
			<arglist />
			<digest>
				Output the current date
			</digest>
			<description>
				Outputs the current date as a list (month/day/year) out the left outlet.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="ticks">
			<arglist />
			<digest>
				Output the tick count
			</digest>
			<description>
				Outputs the current value of Ticks (the number of 1/60ths of a second since system startup) out the right outlet.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="time">
			<arglist />
			<digest>
				Output the current time
			</digest>
			<description>
				Outputs the current time as a list (military hours/minutes/seconds) out the middle outlet.
			</description>
		</method>
	</methodlist>
	<!--ATTRIBUTES-->
	<!--EXAMPLE-->
	<examplelist>
		<example img="date.png" caption="For pieces which change slowly, date can be used as a clock to trigger events" />
	</examplelist>
	<!--SEEALSO-->
	<seealsolist>
		<seealso name="clocker" />
		<seealso name="timer" />
	</seealsolist>
	<misc name="Output">
		<entry name="list">
			<description>
				Out left outlet: When the <m>date</m> message is received, <o>date</o> sends the current date as a list.
			</description>
		</entry>
		<entry name="list">
			<description>
				Out middle outlet: When the <m>time</m> message is received, <o>date</o> sends the current time as a list.
			</description>
		</entry>
		<entry name="int">
			<description>
				Out right outlet: When the <m>ticks</m> message is received, <o>date</o> sends the current value of Ticks.
			</description>
		</entry>
	</misc>
</c74object>
