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The number of seconds in time since the epoch (January 1, 1970). If time is pre-epoch or beyond December 31, 2037, the value of time.ticks is negative and will represent a day computed from the following expression:
- (time.day + (time.month - 1 + (time.year * 12)) * 32)
because such times are truncated to the nearest day.
Changing the value of this element will change the total value of time accordingly. A negative value will set the date according to the above formula.