llGetRegionDayLength

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Summary

Function: integer llGetRegionDayLength( );

Return the number of seconds in the day cycle applied to the current region. llGetDayLength returns the number of seconds for the current parcel, llGetRegionDayLength is the number of seconds in the day cycle applied to the entire region.
Returns an integer

Examples

// print the apparent time of day as HH:MM (%), just like the environment window in the viewer.
// Time of day is a fraction between 0 and 1, 0 is midnight, 0.5 is noon
string printTimeOfDay(float dayFraction) {
    integer hours = (integer)(dayFraction * 24);
    integer minutes = (integer)(dayFraction * 24 * 60) % 60;
    integer percent = (integer)(dayFraction * 100);
    return (string)hours + ":" + llGetSubString((string)(100+minutes), 1, 2) + " (" + (string)percent + "%)";
}

default {
    state_entry() {
        llSetTimerEvent(5);
    }

    timer() {
        float timeOfDay = (llGetUnixTime() + llGetRegionDayOffset()) % llGetRegionDayLength() * 1.0 / llGetRegionDayLength();
        llSetText(printTimeOfDay(timeOfDay), <1,1,0>, 1);
    }
}

See Also

Functions

•  llGetEnvironment Newer function that consolidates many environment-based settings.
•  llGetDayLength
•  llGetDayOffset
•  llGetMoonDirection
•  llGetMoonRotation
•  llGetSunDirection
•  llGetSunRotation
•  llGetRegionDayLength
•  llGetRegionDayOffset
•  llGetRegionMoonDirection
•  llGetRegionMoonRotation
•  llGetRegionSunDirection
•  llGetRegionSunRotation

Deep Notes

Signature

function integer llGetRegionDayLength();