From 30f5ecff6e8eef18def69adbcc633b07bef0d699 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Protzman <NotTelling@NoThanks.Poop>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:01:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added function to get the number of seconds since epoch

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 .../transmit/get_seconds_since_epoch.m                | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 matlab/updated_scripts/transmit/get_seconds_since_epoch.m

diff --git a/matlab/updated_scripts/transmit/get_seconds_since_epoch.m b/matlab/updated_scripts/transmit/get_seconds_since_epoch.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18fab5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matlab/updated_scripts/transmit/get_seconds_since_epoch.m
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+% Gets the number of seconds since Jan 1 1970 (epoch)
+%
+% @return seconds Number of seconds since epoch
+function [seconds] = get_seconds_since_epoch()
+    if (is_octave())
+        seconds = uint64(time());
+    else
+        seconds = uint64(convertTo(datetime('now', 'TimeZone', 'UTC'), 'epochtime'));
+    end
+end
+