LlGetTimestamp

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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

// Reset tracker
 
string BOOT_TIME;
 
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        BOOT_TIME = llGetTimestamp(); // state_entry is triggered on script reset.
    }
 
    touch_start(integer num)
    {
        llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "The last script was last reset @ " + BOOT_TIME);
        llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "Right now it is " + llGetTimestamp());
    }
}
// Greeting
 
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llSetTouchText("Greet");
    }
    touch_start(integer num)
    {
        list TimeStamp = llParseString2List(llGetTimestamp(),["-",":"],["T"]); //Get timestamp and split into parts in a list
        integer Hour = llList2Integer(TimeStamp,4);
        if(Hour<12)		
            llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL,"Good Morning, Oliver Sintim-Aboagye!");	
        else if(Hour<17)
            llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL,"Good Afternoon, " + llDetectedName(0));		
        else
            llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL,"Good Evening, " + llKey2Name(llDetectedKey(0)));
    }
}

Useful Snippets

Helper Functions

  • Stamp2UnixInt - List format to Unix timestamp. ex: [2009, 2, 13, 3, 31, 30] to 1234567890
    • compatible with llParseString2List( llGetTimestamp(), ["-", "T", ":", "."], [] )
  • Stamp2WeekdayStr - Weekday from (Y, M, D) ex: "Friday" from (2009, 2, 13)
  • Millisec - Converts Unix timestamp to integer milliseconds accurate to within a month.

See Also

Functions

•  llGetDate Same format but without the time.
•  llGetUnixTime Time in seconds since the epoch.
•  llGetTime Elapsed script-time.

Articles

•  ISO 8601
•  Wikipedia: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

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