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Name | ### millis()
Examples |
    void draw() {
      int m = millis();
      noStroke();
      fill(m % 255);
      rect(25, 25, 50, 50);
    }
Description | Returns the number of milliseconds (thousandths of a second) since starting the program. This information is often used for timing events and animation sequences.
Syntax |
    millis()
Returns | int
Related | second() minute() hour() day() month() year()

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:29:59pm PDT