diff --git a/script/test-time.py b/script/test-time.py
index e474b6a..854b4ec 100644
--- a/script/test-time.py
+++ b/script/test-time.py
@@ -55,3 +55,5 @@ def format_delta(start,end):
     return time_str
 now();
 format_delta(1496394245,1596400000);
+ticks = time.time()
+print "Number of ticks since 12:00am, January 1, 1970:", ticks