Difference between revisions of "LSL llGetTime"

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{{LSL_Function
|func_id=82
|func_id=82
|func_sleep=0.0
|func_sleep=0.0
|func_energy=10.0
|func_energy=10.0
|func=llGetTime
|func=llGetTime
|sort=GetTime
|return_type=float
|return_type=float
|func_footnote=gets the time in seconds since the last script reset, or since the last call to llResetTime/llGetAndResetTime.
|return_text=time in seconds
|return_text
|func_footnote=Retrieves the time in seconds since the last script reset, or since the last call to llResetTime/llGetAndResetTime.
|spec
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|caveats=Known to be reset by various events outside user control, such as sim resets. Reliable only for short term timing measurements.
|caveats=Known to be reset by various events outside user control, such as sim resets. Reliable only for short term timing measurements.
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|helpers
|helpers
|related={{LSLG|llResetTime}}<br/>{{LSLG|llGetAndResetTime}}
|also_functions=*{{LSLG|llResetTime}}
*{{LSLG|llGetAndResetTime}}
|also
|also
|notes}}[[Category:LSL_Functions]][[Category:LSL_Stub]]
|notes}}[[Category:LSL_Functions]][[Category:LSL_Stub]]

Revision as of 12:52, 28 January 2007

Summary

Function: float llGetTime( );

Returns a float time in seconds

Retrieves the time in seconds since the last script reset, or since the last call to llResetTime/llGetAndResetTime.

Caveats

Known to be reset by various events outside user control, such as sim resets. Reliable only for short term timing measurements.

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Examples

<lsl> default {

   state_entry()
   {
    llResetTime();
   }
   touch_start(integer num_touch)
   {
    float time;
    time=llGetTime(); //Instead getting, and then resetting the time, we could use llGetAndReset() to accomplish the same thing.
    llResetTime();
    llSay(0,(string)time + " seconds have elapsed since the last touch." );
   }

}

</lsl>

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Signature

function float llGetTime();