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Bear at 07:34, 19 September 2013

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	{{~~luaapi~~}}		{{wowlua}}
			time() is a reference to the Lua [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-os.time os.time] function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.

	time ([table])		time ([table])

	~~time() is a reference to the Lua [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-os.time os.time] function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.~~

	Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table. This table must have the following fields: year (four digits), month (1--12), day (1--31), hour (0--23), min (0--59), sec (0--61), wday (weekday, Sunday is 1), yday (day of the year), and isdst (daylight saving flag, a boolean).		Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table. This table must have the following fields: year (four digits), month (1--12), day (1--31), hour (0--23), min (0--59), sec (0--61), wday (weekday, Sunday is 1), yday (day of the year), and isdst (daylight saving flag, a boolean).

	The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system. In POSIX, Windows, and some other systems, this number counts the number of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch"). In other systems, the meaning is not specified, and the number returned by time can be used only as an argument to [[API_date\|date]] and difftime. (This point is currently moot, as World of Warcraft only runs under Windows or Mac OS X, both of which use the POSIX definition of this function.)		The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system. In POSIX, Windows, and some other systems, this number counts the number of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch"). In other systems, the meaning is not specified, and the number returned by time can be used only as an argument to [[API_date\|date]] and difftime. (This point is currently moot, as World of Warcraft only runs under Windows or Mac OS X, both of which use the POSIX definition of this function.)

	Note that time() works from the local clock, so it is not synchronized among clients. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.		Note that time() works from the local clock, so it is not synchronized among clients. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.

WoWWiki>Starlightblunder: {{luaapi}}

2010-03-25T22:54:33Z

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	time ([table])		time ([table])

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	Current Time: 1118722038		Current Time: 1118722038

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	~~{{LUA}}~~

WoWWiki>Chronos Tachyon: Mentioned the deletion of os.*, linked to API_date, linked to Lua 5.1 manual

2007-09-28T06:40:04Z

Mentioned the deletion of os.*, linked to API_date, linked to Lua 5.1 manual

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	~~{{:Lua/Libshortcut\|time\|os.time}}~~
	time ([table])		time ([table])

			time() is a reference to the Lua [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-os.time os.time] function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.

	Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table. This table must have the following fields: year (four digits), month (1--12), day (1--31), hour (0--23), min (0--59), sec (0--61), wday (weekday, Sunday is 1), yday (day of the year), and isdst (daylight saving flag, a boolean).		Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table. This table must have the following fields: year (four digits), month (1--12), day (1--31), hour (0--23), min (0--59), sec (0--61), wday (weekday, Sunday is 1), yday (day of the year), and isdst (daylight saving flag, a boolean).

			The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system. In POSIX, Windows, and some other systems, this number counts the number of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch"). In other systems, the meaning is not specified, and the number returned by time can be used only as an argument to [[API_date\|date]] and difftime. (This point is currently moot, as World of Warcraft only runs under Windows or Mac OS X, both of which use the POSIX definition of this function.)
	The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system. In ~~Posix~~, Windows, and some other systems, this number counts the number of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch"). In other systems, the meaning is not specified, and the number returned by time can be used only as an argument to date and difftime.


	Note that time() works from the local clock, so it is not synchronized among clients. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.		Note that time() works from the local clock, so it is not synchronized among clients. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.

WoWWiki>Mikk: Use Lua/Libshortcut template. Change category from "LUA Functions" to "Lua functions".

2006-05-26T12:16:24Z

Use Lua/Libshortcut template. Change category from "LUA Functions" to "Lua functions".

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	~~<tt>~~time ([table])~~</tt>~~		{{:Lua/Libshortcut\|time\|os.time}}
			time ([table])

	Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table. This table must have the following fields: year (four digits), month (1--12), day (1--31), hour (0--23), min (0--59), sec (0--61), wday (weekday, Sunday is 1), yday (day of the year), and isdst (daylight saving flag, a boolean).		Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table. This table must have the following fields: year (four digits), month (1--12), day (1--31), hour (0--23), min (0--59), sec (0--61), wday (weekday, Sunday is 1), yday (day of the year), and isdst (daylight saving flag, a boolean).
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WoWWiki>Anticrash at 15:03, 4 January 2006

2006-01-04T15:03:14Z

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	~~[[Category~~:API ~~Functions\|time]]~~		{{Template:WoW API}}
	~~[[Category:API LUA Functions\|time]]~~

WoWWiki>WoWWiki-Tattersail at 09:51, 30 October 2005

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	==time==		<tt>time ([table])</tt>
	Returns the number of seconds since the ~~unix~~ epoch. Note that time() works from the local clock, so it is not synchronized among ~~all~~ clients~~. This is exactly like the C time(0) function~~. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.
			Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table. This table must have the following fields: year (four digits), month (1--12), day (1--31), hour (0--23), min (0--59), sec (0--61), wday (weekday, Sunday is 1), yday (day of the year), and isdst (daylight saving flag, a boolean).


			The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system. In Posix, Windows, and some other systems, this number counts the number of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch"). In other systems, the meaning is not specified, and the number returned by time can be used only as an argument to date and difftime.


			Note that time() works from the local clock, so it is not synchronized among clients. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.


	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Current Time: "..time())		DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Current Time: "..time())

WoWWiki>Inglais at 18:42, 29 August 2005

2005-08-29T18:42:18Z

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			[[Category:API Functions\|time]]
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WoWWiki>Athaeus: time() actually returns the local time, NOT the server time.

2005-07-25T09:27:17Z

time() actually returns the local time, NOT the server time.

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	==time==		==time==
	Returns the number of seconds since the unix epoch. Note that time() works from the ~~server's~~ clock, so it is synchronized among all clients. This is exactly like the C time(0) function. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.		Returns the number of seconds since the unix epoch. Note that time() works from the local clock, so it is not synchronized among all clients. This is exactly like the C time(0) function. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.

	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Current Time: "..time())		DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Current Time: "..time())

WoWWiki>WoWWiki-Aranel: /* time */

2005-07-11T04:11:44Z

time

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	==time==		==time==
	Returns the number of seconds since the unix epoch. This is exactly like the C time(0) function. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.		Returns the number of seconds since the unix epoch. Note that time() works from the server's clock, so it is synchronized among all clients. This is exactly like the C time(0) function. Very useful for seeding random numbers if you don't need millisecond precision, etc.

	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Current Time: "..time())		DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Current Time: "..time())