Unity - Scripting API: Time.time

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public static float time;

Description

The time at the beginning of the current frame in seconds since the start of the application (Read Only).

//If the Fire1 button is pressed, a projectile
//will be Instantiated every 0.5 seconds.using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class Example : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject projectile;
    public float fireRate = 0.5f;
    private float nextFire = 0.0f;
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetButton("Fire1") && Time.time > nextFire)
        {
            nextFire = Time.time + fireRate;
            Instantiate(projectile, transform.position, transform.rotation);
        }
    }
}