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llGetTimestamp

string llGetTimestamp()

Returns a time-stamp (UTC time zone) in the format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.ff..fZ.

Technical Details
  • Return Type: string
  • Energy: 10

Reset Tracker

Section titled “Reset Tracker”

This example demonstrates capturing the script boot time and displaying it when touched:

// Reset tracker


string BOOT_TIME;


default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        BOOT_TIME = llGetTimestamp(); // state_entry is triggered on script reset.
    }


    touch_start(integer num)
    {
        llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "The last script was last reset @ " + BOOT_TIME);
        llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL, "Right now it is " + llGetTimestamp());
    }
}

Greeting with Time-based Responses

Section titled “Greeting with Time-based Responses”

This example parses the timestamp to determine the time of day and greet the user appropriately:

// Greeting


default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llSetTouchText("Greet");
    }
    touch_start(integer num)
    {
        list TimeStamp = llParseString2List(llGetTimestamp(),["-",":"],["T"]); //Get timestamp and split into parts in a list
        integer Hour = llList2Integer(TimeStamp,4);
        if(Hour<12)
            llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL,"Good Morning, Oliver Sintim-Aboagye!");
        else if(Hour<17)
            llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL,"Good Afternoon, " + llDetectedName(0));
        else
            llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL,"Good Evening, " + llKey2Name(llDetectedKey(0)));
    }
}

Notes

Section titled “Notes”
  • The timestamp appears to be accurate to milliseconds.
  • The format follows the ISO 8601 standard: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.ff..fZ
  • Time is always in the UTC time zone.
  • llParseString2List() can be used to parse the timestamp into individual components (year, month, day, hour, minute, second, fractional seconds).

Helper Functions

Section titled “Helper Functions”

The following community-created helper functions may be useful when working with timestamps:

  • Stamp2UnixInt - Convert timestamp list format to Unix timestamp. Example: [2009, 2, 13, 3, 31, 30] to 1234567890 (compatible with llParseString2List( llGetTimestamp(), ["-", "T", ":", "."], [] ))
  • Stamp2WeekdayStr - Get the weekday string from (Y, M, D). Example: “Friday” from (2009, 2, 13)
  • Millisec - Convert a timestamp string to integer milliseconds
  • Unix2PST_PDT - Convert Unix timestamp to SLT date/time string with PST or PDT indication
  • Unix2GMTorBST - Convert Unix timestamp to UK date/time string with GMT or BST indication

See Also

Section titled “See Also”