Difference between revisions of "Os.time"
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| − | + | '''Available since:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/> | |
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| − | + | === Description === | |
| − | + | Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table. This table must have fields year, month, and day, and may have fields hour, min, sec, and isdst (for a description of these fields, see the os.date function). | |
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(number) = os.time(table) | (number) = os.time(table) | ||
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| − | '''table''': (table) | + | '''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''''' |
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| − | ''' | + | === Parameters === |
| + | '''table''': (table) table representing a date time '''optional'''<br/> | ||
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| + | === Return values === | ||
| + | '''Returns''' (number) time in seconds<br/> | ||
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Revision as of 00:26, 15 January 2021
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. This table must have fields year, month, and day, and may have fields hour, min, sec, and isdst (for a description of these fields, see the os.date function).
(number) = os.time(table)
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
Parameters
table: (table) table representing a date time optional
Return values
Returns (number) time in seconds
