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Getting the current time

Added by kah yong seow over 1 year ago

Hi guys,
I am trying to get the current time using os.clock() but there is a error in IMML console that indicates that the os is a null value. I try to assess it during onLoad method of my root item. Are there other ways to read the current time in VastPark?

Cheers,
Sky


Replies (2)

RE: Getting the current time - Added by Craig Presti over 1 year ago

We've disabled some lua tables including the 'os' table.

Instead use the DateTime object, ie:

scene.ui:writeline(datetime.now:tostring())

RE: Getting the current time - Added by kah yong seow over 1 year ago

Hi guys,
no problems there. Thanks a lot but I have another problem regarding about date time object. It seems that I am unable to perform any form of arithemetic operation on the two DateTime objects as I assign them to two variables. I need to monitor the user's time spent after logging into the system so I need to keep track of the start time and the current time and to take the difference from there. If there are better ways, pray let me know. Thanks a lot.

Cheers,
Sky.

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