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llGetRegionTimeOfDay

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function
Function syntax
float llGetRegionTimeOfDay();
Returns
float
Energy
10

Will return the same result as llGetTimeOfDay on parcels that use region environment settings.

By default (without custom environment settings), Second Life day cycles are 4 hours long, but can be configured to anywhere between 4 and 168 hours long.

Returns a float that is the time in seconds with sub-second precision since Second Life midnight (per the region-scoped day cycle settings).

How to use
float result = llGetRegionTimeOfDay();

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Example 1
default
{
    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {
        float tod = llGetRegionTimeOfDay( );
        llOwnerSay("Time since midnight on current region:");
        integer hours = ((integer)tod / 3600) ;
        integer minutes = ((integer)tod / 60) - (hours * 60);
        llOwnerSay((string) tod + " seconds which is "+(string) hours+"h "+(string) minutes+"m");
    }
}

See also

Section titled “See also”

Functions

Section titled “Functions”
Original wiki source

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