[TYPO3-dev] time() vs. $GLOBALS['SIM_EXEC_TIME']

[Oliver Klee]

Hi,

when doing DB queries in my TYPO3 extension, I sometimes need to compare
a time/date with the current time/date, e.g. for event records that lie
in the past or timestamps that are older than a certain time-to-live etc.

As far as I know, there are two common ways of getting the current
date/time:

1. time()
2. $GLOBALS['SIM_EXEC_TIME']

Is there any reason why it would make sense to use
$GLOBALS['SIM_EXEC_TIME'] instead of just the (shorter) time()?

Thanks in advance,


Oliver