llGetUnixTime

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Summary

Function: integer llGetUnixTime( );
0.0 Forced Delay
10.0 Energy

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

Time codes before the year 1902 or past the end of 2037 are limited due to the size of LSL's 32-bit integers. As of writing (2024) this is just 14 years away now and any scripts relying on this function may have logical errors.

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

Tests

•  llGetUnixTime Conformance Test

Signature

function integer llGetUnixTime();