llGetUnixTime

From Second Life Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Summary

Function: integer llGetUnixTime( );

Returns an integer that is the number of seconds elapsed since 00:00 hours, Jan 1, 1970 "Wikipedia logo"UTC from the system clock.

Caveats

Examples

// Reset tracker
integer BOOT_TIME;
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        BOOT_TIME = llGetUnixTime(); 
        llSetTimerEvent(0.1);
    }
    
    timer()
    {
        llSetText((string)(llGetUnixTime() - BOOT_TIME) + " Seconds since boot.\n\n ", <1,0,0>, 1.0);
        llSetTimerEvent(1);
    }
}

Useful Snippets

Helper Functions:

•  Unix2StampLst Converts Unix Time stamp to a list. ex: 1234567890 to [2009, 2, 13, 23, 31, 30]
•  Stamp2UnixInt Converts date to Unix Time stamp. ex: [2009, 2, 13, 23, 31, 30] to 1234567890
•  uuLinuxTime Converts date to Unix Time stamp (from Linux kernel's sources)
•  Unix2WeekdayStr Gets the weekday from a Unix Time stamp. ex: "Friday" from 1234567890
•  Unix2PST_PDT Converts Unix Time stamp to an SLT date/time string with PST or PDT indication as appropriate
•  Unix2GMTorBST Converts Unix Time stamp to a UK date/time string with GMT or BST indication as appropriate

See Also

Functions

•  llGetTimestamp Human Readable UTC Date and time
•  llGetDate Human Readable UTC Date
•  llGetTime Elapsed script-time.

Deep Notes

All Issues

~ Search JIRA for related Issues
   "Wikipedia logo"Year 2038 problem
   llGetUnixTimeNanos() - greater precision timing mechanism

Tests

•  llGetUnixTime Conformance Test

Signature

function integer llGetUnixTime();