llGetDate

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GetDate

llGetDate

Summary

Function: string llGetDate( );

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"

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)

See Also

Functions

•

llGetTimestamp

–

Same format but with the time.

Articles

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ISO 8601

Deep Notes

Signature
function string llGetDate();