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Revision as of 19:51, 19 February 2008

Summary

Function: string llGetTimestamp( );

Returns a string that is the current date and time in the UTC time zone in the format "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.ff..fZ"

Appears to be accurate to milliseconds.

Examples

<lsl> // Reset tracker

string BOOT_TIME;

default {

   state_entry()
   {
       BOOT_TIME = llGetTimestamp(); // script restarts when SIM restarts
   }
   
   touch_start(integer num)
   {
       llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "The last system restart was @ " + BOOT_TIME);
       llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "Right now it is " + llGetTimestamp());
   }

}

</lsl>

See Also

Functions

•  llGetDate Same format but without the time.

Articles

•  ISO 8601
•  "Wikipedia logo"ISO_8601
•  Code Racer - useful benchmarks within 100 trials
•  Efficiency Tester - more accurate benchmarks within 10,000 trials
•  LSL_Script_Efficiency - in-depth discussion of the Efficiency Tester

Deep Notes

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Signature

function string llGetTimestamp();