llGetDate
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Summary
Function: string llGetDate( );204 | Function ID |
0.0 | Forced Delay |
10.0 | Energy |
Returns a string that is the current date in the UTC time zone in the format "YYYY-MM-DD".
If you wish to know the time as well use: llGetTimestamp which uses the format "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.ff..fZ"
Caveats
Examples
<lsl>// Birthday surprise default {
state_entry() { llSetTimerEvent(0.1); }
timer() { if(llGetDate() == "2009-02-15") llSetText("HAPPY BIRTHDAY!", <0,1,0>, 1.0); else llSetText("A surprise is coming...", <0,1,0>, 1.0); llSetTimerEvent(3600.0); // check every hour. }
}</lsl> <lsl>// Function to calculate the numeric day of year integer dayOfYear(integer year, integer month, integer day) {
return day + (month - 1) * 30 + (((month > 8) + month) / 2)- ((1 + (((!(year % 4)) ^ (!(year % 100)) ^ (!(year % 400)))
Useful Snippets
Helper Functions
- Timestamp: list format to Unix timestamp - ex: [2009, 2, 13, 3, 31, 30] to 1234567890
- compatible with llParseString2List( llGetDate(), ["-"], [] ) (reports as first second of given day)
- Timestamp: Weekday from (Y, M, D) - ex: "Friday" from (Y, M, D)