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Latest revision as of 22:36, 26 August 2022

This function gets the server or client (if used client sided it returns time as set on client's computer) real time and returns it in a table. If you want to get the in-game time (shown on GTA's clock) use getTime.

Syntax

table getRealTime( [ int seconds = current, bool localTime = true ] )

Optional Arguments

seconds: A count in seconds from the year 1970. Useful for storing points in time, or for retrieving time information for getBanTime. The valid range of this argument is 0 to 32,000,000,000

localTime: Set to true to adjust for the locally set timezone.

Returns

Returns a table of substrings with different time format or false if the seconds argument is out of range.

Member	Meaning	Range
second	seconds after the minute	0-61*
minute	minutes after the hour	0-59
hour	hours since midnight	0-23
monthday	day of the month	1-31
month	months since January	0-11
year	years since 1900
weekday	days since Sunday	0-6
yearday	days since January 1	0-365
isdst	Daylight Saving Time flag
timestamp	seconds since 1970 (Ignoring set timezone)

* second is generally 0-59. Extra range to accommodate for leap seconds in certain systems.

Remarks

The seconds parameter can be left out entirely while still using the localTime parameter. To achieve that simply pass the boolean localTime parameter as first argument where you would otherwise pass the seconds parameter. This way you can retrieve a current timepoint that is not denoted in local time.

Example

This example adds 'showtime' like the default MTA 'time' command:

function showtime ()
    local time = getRealTime()
    local hours = time.hour
    local minutes = time.minute
    local seconds = time.second

    -- use string.format to keep it 2 digits. eg 1 will be converted to 01
    outputChatBox ( string.format("Local Time: %02d:%02d:%02d",  hours, minutes, seconds) )
end
addCommandHandler("showtime", showtime)

Example with year, month, monthday using string.format:

function showtime ()
	local time = getRealTime()
	local hours = time.hour
	local minutes = time.minute
	local seconds = time.second

        local monthday = time.monthday
	local month = time.month
	local year = time.year

        local formattedTime = string.format("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", year + 1900, month + 1, monthday, hours, minutes, seconds)
	outputChatBox ( "Local Time: ".. formattedTime )
end
addCommandHandler("showtime", showtime)

Changelog

Version	Description

1.4.0-9.06976

Added localTime argument

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 __NOTOC__
 {{Server client function}}
-This function gets the real server time and returns it in a table
+This function gets the server or client (if used client sided it returns time as set on client's computer) real time and returns it in a table. If you want to get the in-game time (shown on GTA's clock) use [[getTime]].
 ==Syntax==
-<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">table getRealTime()</syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">table getRealTime( [ int seconds = current, bool localTime = true ] )</syntaxhighlight>
+===Optional Arguments===
+*'''seconds:''' A count in seconds from the year 1970.  Useful for storing points in time, or for retrieving time information for [[getBanTime]]. The valid range of this argument is 0 to 32,000,000,000
+{{New feature/item|3.0141|1.4.1|6976|
+*'''localTime:''' Set to ''true'' to adjust for the locally set timezone.
+}}
 ===Returns===
-Returns a ''table'' of substrings with different time format, ''false'' otherwise.
+Returns a ''table'' of substrings with different time format or ''false'' if the '''seconds''' argument is out of range.
 {| border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
@@ Line 48: / Line 54: @@
 |Daylight Saving Time flag
 |-
+|timestamp
+|seconds since 1970 (Ignoring set timezone)
+|
 |}
-* tm_sec is generally 0-59. Extra range to accommodate for leap seconds in certain systems.
+''* second'' is generally 0-59. Extra range to accommodate for leap seconds in certain systems.
+==Remarks==
+The '''seconds''' parameter can be left out entirely while still using the '''localTime''' parameter. To achieve that simply pass the boolean localTime parameter as first argument where you would otherwise pass the '''seconds''' parameter. This way you can retrieve a current timepoint that is not denoted in local time.
 ==Example==
-This example outputs local time (server or client, where ever it was triggered) as hours and minutes
+This example adds 'showtime' like the default MTA 'time' command:
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
+function showtime ()
+    local time = getRealTime()
+    local hours = time.hour
+    local minutes = time.minute
+    local seconds = time.second
+    -- use string.format to keep it 2 digits. eg 1 will be converted to 01
+    outputChatBox ( string.format("Local Time: %02d:%02d:%02d",  hours, minutes, seconds) )
+end
+addCommandHandler("showtime", showtime)
+</syntaxhighlight>
+Example with year, month, monthday using string.format:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 function showtime ()
@@ Line 58: / Line 84: @@
 	local hours = time.hour
 	local minutes = time.minute
-	outputChatBox ( "Local Time: "..hours..":"..minutes )
+	local seconds = time.second
+        local monthday = time.monthday
+	local month = time.month
+	local year = time.year
+        local formattedTime = string.format("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", year + 1900, month + 1, monthday, hours, minutes, seconds)
+	outputChatBox ( "Local Time: ".. formattedTime )
 end
+addCommandHandler("showtime", showtime)
 </syntaxhighlight>
+==Changelog==
+{{ChangelogHeader}}
+{{ChangelogItem|1.4.0-9.06976|Added localTime argument}}
 ==See Also==
 {{Utility functions}}
+[[ru:getRealTime]]