Convert string date to number value

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#1

i got last online date with getting async “https://api.roproxy.com/users/"..Id.."/onlinestatus/”

and split them with

local _,First = string.find(PlayerInfo, ',"LastOnline":"')
local Last,_ = string.find(PlayerInfo, '","LocationType":')
local LastOnline = string.sub(PlayerInfo, First, Last)

so, i got “2022-07-17T09:22:03.5-05:00”

i want to make friendlist showing “Online 5 hours ago!” things.
so, i have the make the value to numbere like DateTime.now()
is there any easy way?

#2

You’re looking for HttpService:JSONDecode, this takes the content provided by the url, and turns it into a Lua table

-- Example
local fetch = HttpService:GetAsync("https://api.roproxy.com/users/1/onlinestatus") -- Get the web content
local luaTable = HttpService:JSONDecode(fetch) -- Decode the JSON table into a Lua table

print(luaTable.LastOnline)
#3

No. i already got Detail without JSONDecode.
i need to make the detail to os style.

just understand I looking for How long has it been since

Of course, since this time changes frequently, an formula to calculate it is required.

#4

Just use DateTime.fromIsoDate:

local d = "2022-07-17T09:22:03.5-05:00"
local s = DateTime.fromIsoDate(d)

print(s, os.date("%c", s.UnixTimestamp)) -- prints the number of seconds since the unix epoch from the specified date and the date formatted
-- This makes it easier since your working with the seconds now

From there, just use the system you have to display when they were last online

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#5

The DateTime class includes a fromIsoDate that will construct a DateTime object from a string formatted like that.

Then you can find the difference between then and now in seconds.

local lastLoginDateStr = "2022-07-17T09:22:03.5-05:00"
local lastLoginDate = DateTime.fromIsoDate(lastLoginDateStr)
local nowDate = DateTime.now()

local secondsPassed = nowDate.UnixTimestamp - lastLoginDate.UnixTimestamp
print("Last login was " .. secondsPassed .. " seconds ago")
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