WoW API: GetTime

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Returns the system uptime of your computer in seconds, with millisecond precision.

seconds = GetTime();

Parameters

Arguments

None

Returns

seconds

Floating Point Number - The current system uptime in seconds.

Example

seconds = GetTime();
print("Current system uptime is: "..seconds.." seconds!");

> Current system uptime is: 60123.558 seconds!

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 time since your own computer booted up.

In Windows, this is acquired through the Windows kernel function GetTickCount(), divided by 1000.