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function
Function syntax
integer llGetDayLength();
Returns
integer
Energy
10

Return the number of seconds in the day cycle applied to the current parcel. llGetDayLength returns the number of seconds for the current parcel, llGetRegionDayLength is the number of seconds in the day cycle applied to the entire region.

How to use
integer result = llGetDayLength();

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Example 1
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// print the apparent time of day as HH:MM (%), just like the environment window in the viewer.
// Time of day is a fraction between 0 and 1, 0 is midnight, 0.5 is noon
string printTimeOfDay(float dayFraction) {
    integer hours = (integer)(dayFraction * 24);
    integer minutes = (integer)(dayFraction * 24 * 60) % 60;
    integer percent = (integer)(dayFraction * 100);
    return (string)hours + ":" + llGetSubString((string)(100+minutes), 1, 2) + " (" + (string)percent + "%)";
}


default {
    state_entry() {
        llSetTimerEvent(5);
    }


    timer() {
        float timeOfDay = (llGetUnixTime() + llGetDayOffset()) % llGetDayLength() * 1.0 / llGetDayLength();
        llSetText(printTimeOfDay(timeOfDay), <1,1,0>, 1);
    }
}

See also

Section titled “See also”

Functions

Section titled “Functions”

Newer function that consolidates many environment-based settings.

Original wiki source

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From the Second Life Wiki

Community documentation adapted from LlGetDayLength, by Linden Research, Inc. and contributing residents.View contributors and history.

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