GetTimestamp

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With this function you can get the UNIX timestamp.

Syntax

int getTimestamp( [ int year = getRealTime().year + 1900, int month = getRealTime().month + 1, int day = getRealTime().day, int hour = getRealTime().hour, minute = getRealTime().minute, int second = getRealTime().second ] )

Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you must supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see Optional Arguments.

• year: The year of the date you want to retrieve the UNIX timestamp of. Default is your local year. Must be greater than 1969.
• month: The month of the date you want to retrieve the UNIX timestamp of. Default is your local month. (1-12)
• day: The day of the date you want to retrieve the UNIX timestamp of. Default is your local day. (1-31)
• hour: The hour of the date you want to retrieve the UNIX timestamp of. Default is your local hour. (0-23)
• minute: The minute of the date you want to retrieve the UNIX timestamp of. Default is your local minute. (0-59)
• second: The second of the date you want to retrieve the UNIX timestamp of. Default is your local second. (0-59)

Returns

Returns an UNIX timestamp.

Code

function getTimestamp(year, month, day, hour, minute, second)
    -- initiate variables
    local monthseconds = { 2678400, 2419200, 2678400, 2592000, 2678400, 2592000, 2678400, 2678400, 2592000, 2678400, 2592000, 2678400 }
    local timestamp = 0
    local datetime = getRealTime()
    year, month, day = year or datetime.year + 1900, month or datetime.month + 1, day or datetime.monthday
    hour, minute, second = hour or datetime.hour, minute or datetime.minute, second or datetime.second
 
    -- calculate timestamp
    for i=1970, year-1 do timestamp = timestamp + (isLeapYear(i) and 31622400 or 31536000) end
    for i=1, month-1 do timestamp = timestamp + ((isLeapYear(year) and i == 2) and 2505600 or monthseconds[i]) end
    timestamp = timestamp + 86400 * (day - 1) + 3600 * hour + 60 * minute + second
 
    timestamp = timestamp - 3600 --GMT+1 compensation
    if datetime.isdst then timestamp = timestamp - 3600 end
 
    return timestamp
end

Example

-- define the event handler
addEventHandler("onPlayerJoin", root, function ()
    -- get the actual UNIX timestamp
    local datetime = getTimestamp()
    -- attach the time to the player's element
    setElementData(source, "joinTime", datetime)
end)

Author: NeonBlack

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