llGetTimestamp

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GetTimestamp

llGetTimestamp

Summary

Function: string llGetTimestamp( );

0.0	Forced Delay
10.0	Energy

Returns a string that is the current date and time in the UTC time zone in the  ISO 8601 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 a timestamp string to integer milliseconds accurate to within a month.
• Unix2PST_PDT - Converts a Unix Time stamp to an SLT date/time string with PST or PDT indication as appropriate.
• Unix2GMTorBST - Converts a Unix Time stamp to a UK date/time string with GMT or BST indication as appropriate.

See Also

Functions

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

Articles

•	ISO 8601
•	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

Expand Signature
function string llGetTimestamp();

Expand Haiku
As time ticks away, Tic-tac, tic-tac, on the clock, No script ever stops.