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// print the apparent time of day as HH:MM (%), just like the environment window viewer. | // 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 | // Time of day is a fraction between 0 and 1, 0 is midnight, 0.5 is noon | ||
string printTimeOfDay(float dayFraction) { | string printTimeOfDay(float dayFraction) { |
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Summary
Function: integer llGetDayLength( );
Return the number of seconds in the day cycle applied to the current parcel. 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
Caveats
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() + llGetDayOffset()) % llGetDayLength() * 1.0 / llGetDayLength();
llSetText(printTimeOfDay(timeOfDay), <1,1,0>, 1);
}
}