llGetDate

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Summary

Function: string llGetDate( );

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 (probably won't work for years before 12C AD) integer getDayOfYear(integer year, integer month, integer day) {

   return 
         day
       + (month - 1) * 30
       - (2 - 
(year <= 1582)

See Also

Functions

•  llGetTimestamp Same format but with the time.

Articles

•  ISO 8601

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Signature

function string llGetDate();