I want to get the current date (full date with precision to seconds), and then convert it to a numeric value.
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I want to get the current date (full date with precision to seconds), and then convert it to a numeric value.
Numeric value like a unix timestamp?
Further info: As Paul Rubel points out in the comments, since this is the unix timestamp representation, the number returned is the number of seconds since the epoch, 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970.
UPDATE
To get a time object back from the timestamp: