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<center>'''GetTime''' ''-Documentation by [[user:Zlixar|Zlixar]]-''</center>
When called, '''GetTime''' returns current time in seconds:
When called, returns the current system uptime in seconds.
  seconds = GetTime();
  seconds = GetTime();
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;''Arguments''


:''None''
;Arguments:
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: none
;''Returns''


:;seconds : Floating Point Number - The current system uptime in seconds.
Contrary to what some believe, this does not return your current session time, time since launching the game, or time since the last patch. It returns the uptime as reported by the Windows kernel function [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/gettickcount.asp GetTickCount()], divided by 1000.
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;''Example''
seconds = GetTime();
print("Current system uptime is: "..seconds.." seconds!");
;''Result''
Current system uptime is: 60123 seconds!
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;''Details''
:Contrary to what some believe, this does not return your current session time, time since launching the game, or time since the last patch. It returns the uptime as reported by the Windows kernel function [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/gettickcount.asp GetTickCount()], divided by 1000.


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Revision as of 16:20, 23 September 2005

When called, GetTime returns current time in seconds: 

seconds = GetTime();
Arguments
none

Contrary to what some believe, this does not return your current session time, time since launching the game, or time since the last patch. It returns the uptime as reported by the Windows kernel function GetTickCount(), divided by 1000.

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