llGetTimestamp
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Summary
Function: string llGetTimestamp( );273 | Function ID |
0.0 | Forced Delay |
10.0 | Energy |
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.
Caveats
Examples
<lsl>// 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()); }
}</lsl> <lsl>// 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))); }}</lsl>
Useful Snippets
Helper Functions
- Timestamp: list format to Unix timestamp - ex: 1234567890 to [2009, 2, 13, 3, 31, 30]
- compatible with llParseString2List( llGetTimestamp(), ["-", "T", ":", "."], [] )
- Timestamp: Weekday from (Y, M, D) - ex: "Friday" from (Y, M, D)
See Also
Functions
• | llGetDate | – | Same format but without the time. | |
• | llGetUnixTime | – | Time in seconds since the epoch. | |
• | llGetTime | – | Elapsed script-time. |
Articles
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