# llGetTimestamp

*LSL function*

```lsl
string string llGetTimestamp();
```

- Returns: `string`
- Energy: 10

Appears to be accurate to milliseconds.

Returns a [string](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/string) that is the current date and time in the UTC time zone in the [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format `"YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.ff..fZ"`

```lsl title="How to use" frame="terminal"
string result = llGetTimestamp();
```

## Examples

<details open>
<summary>Example 1</summary>

```lsl collapse={1-6}
// 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());
    }
}
```

</details>

<details>
<summary>Example 2</summary>

```lsl collapse={1-8, 14-20}
// 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)));
    }
}
```

</details>

## Helper functions

### Helper Functions

- [Stamp2UnixInt](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Stamp2UnixInt) - List format to Unix timestamp. ex: \[2009, 2, 13, 3, 31, 30\] to 1234567890
- compatible with ***`llParseString2List( llGetTimestamp(), ["-", "T", ":", "."], [] )`***
- [Stamp2WeekdayStr](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Stamp2WeekdayStr) - Weekday from (Y, M, D) ex: "Friday" from (2009, 2, 13)
- [Millisec](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Millisec) - Converts a timestamp string to integer milliseconds accurate to within a month.
- [Unix2PST_PDT](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Unix2PST_PDT) - Converts a Unix Time stamp to an SLT date/time string with PST or PDT indication as appropriate.
- [Unix2GMTorBST](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Unix2GMTorBST) - Converts a Unix Time stamp to a UK date/time string with GMT or BST indication as appropriate.

## See also

### Functions

- [llGetDate](/functions/llGetDate/) — Same format but without the time.
- [llGetUnixTime](/functions/llGetUnixTime/) — Time in seconds since the epoch.
- [llGetTime](/functions/llGetTime/) — Elapsed script-time.

### Articles

- [ISO 8601](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html)
- [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601)
- [Code Racer](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Code_Racer)

\- useful benchmarks within 100 trials

- [Efficiency Tester](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Efficiency_Tester)

\- more accurate benchmarks within 10,000 trials

- [LSL_Script_Efficiency](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Script_Efficiency)

\- in-depth discussion of the Efficiency Tester

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*Source: [LlGetTimestamp](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlGetTimestamp) on the Second Life Wiki. Content from the Second Life Wiki article LlGetTimestamp (revision 1217942, 2025-02-01), CC BY-SA 3.0.*

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