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=== Description === | === Description === | ||
| − | Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table | + | Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table. |
| − | < | + | <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> |
(number) = os.time(table) | (number) = os.time(table) | ||
| − | </ | + | </syntaxhighlight> |
| − | '''The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system. In POSIX, Windows, and some other systems, this number counts the number of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch"). In other systems, the meaning is not specified, and the number returned by time can be used only as an argument to date and ''difftime''''' | + | ''table'' fields: |
| + | *'''year''' | ||
| + | *'''month''' | ||
| + | *'''day''' | ||
| + | *'''''hour''''' ''optional'' | ||
| + | *'''''min''''' ''optional'' | ||
| + | *'''''sec''''' ''optional'' | ||
| + | *'''''isdst''''' ''optional'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system. In POSIX, Windows, and some other systems, this number counts the number of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch": 1 January 1970, 00:00:00). In other systems, the meaning is not specified, and the number returned by time can be used only as an argument to date and ''difftime''''' | ||
=== Parameters === | === Parameters === | ||
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=== Return values === | === Return values === | ||
'''Returns''' (number) time in seconds<br/> | '''Returns''' (number) time in seconds<br/> | ||
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| + | === Example === | ||
| + | <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> | ||
| + | local myt = os.time({year=2003, month=7, day=14, hour=8}) | ||
| + | print(myt) | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === See also === | ||
| + | [[Os.date]] | ||
{{Os}} | {{Os}} | ||
Latest revision as of 22:46, 14 October 2023
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: os
Description
Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table.
(number) = os.time(table)
table fields:
- year
- month
- day
- hour optional
- min optional
- sec optional
- isdst optional
The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system. In POSIX, Windows, and some other systems, this number counts the number of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch": 1 January 1970, 00:00:00). In other systems, the meaning is not specified, and the number returned by time can be used only as an argument to date and difftime
Parameters
table: (table) table representing a date time optional
Return values
Returns (number) time in seconds
Example
local myt = os.time({year=2003, month=7, day=14, hour=8})
print(myt)
See also
