Converting a time number into bigger time number

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#1

Hey there,

I’m trying to convert like the Berezza method but I want to turn a number like

13,000 milliseconds into 13 S and 60,000 milliseconds into 1 Minute and etc to years and even more.

How can I do this?

#2

use math.floor() for minutes and then take away the amount of minutes to seconds. For example:

local totalTime = 73
local minutes = math.floor(73/60)
local seconds = totalTime - (minutes*60)

Wit this, you can add on and roundify with math.floor() until years.

#3

Sorry but I don’t really understand how can I go to hours and days with this shematic…

#4

Something like this?

local totalTime = 87000
local days = math.floor(totalTime/24)
local hours = math.floor(totalTime/60)
local minutes = math.floor(totalTime/60)
local seconds = math.floor(totalTime/1000)
local milliseconds = totalTime - (seconds*1000)

It should looks like this? ;-:

#5

Basically, math.floor() rounds a number so, 3.4 will be 3 after math.floor() Days and hours from seconds would be:

local totalTime = 100000
local days = math.floor(totalTime/86400)
local hours = math.floor(totalTime-(days*86400)/3600)

for more reference, you can read this: https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/lua-docs/math and find math.floor()

and the numbers I used to divide are the amount of seconds of this item.

#6

For milliseconds I have to do :

totalTime = 100000
local days = math.floor(totalTime/86400*1000)
local hours = math.floor(totalTime - (days*(86400*1000) / 3600 * 1000)
local minutes = math.floor(totalTime - (days*(86400*1000) + hours*(3600*1000) / 60 * 1000)
local seconds = math.floor(totalTime - (days*(86400*1000) + hours*(3600*1000) + minutes * (60*1000) / 1000)
local milliseconds = totalTime - (days*(86400*1000) + hours*(3600*1000) + minutes * (60*1000) + seconds * 1000)

that’s it?

#7

Yes, that’s right. Years stack up the same way.

#8

And how should I return the obtained String?

#9

The returned items are integers, and remote events is a good way.

#10

You can probably look into this instead: https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/lua-docs/os

#11

No it’s not what I’m looking for

#12

I think i will make a function into my TextLabel local script wich shows the value of the time (it is a currency)

So at the end of this function I wrote upper,
Is it possible to return totalTime?
Will it works?

#13

You can return totalTime and convert locally. I’m not sure to understand what you mean.

#14

Something like this

local function AbbreviateTimeNumber(Number)
 local days = math.floor(Number/86400*1000)
 local hours = math.floor(Number - (days*(86400*1000) / 3600 * 1000)
 local minutes = math.floor(tNumber - (days*(86400*1000) + hours*(3600*1000) / 60 * 1000)
 local seconds = math.floor(Number - (days*(86400*1000) + hours*(3600*1000) + minutes * (60*1000) / 
 1000)
 local milliseconds = Number - (days*(86400*1000) + hours*(3600*1000) + minutes * (60*1000) + seconds * 1000)

 return Number
end

So number will be something like 13 Days?
#15

I think you should return everything. Number will still be the amount you entered in front of the function.

#16 
local plr = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local Timestamps = plr.PlayerInfo.Timestamps

script.Parent.Text = Timestamps.Value

Timestamps:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Text = Timestamps.Value
end)

This is my script, I want to replace the milliseconds by shorter number like days etc… by calling the function I wrote and the text will be equal to the returned value

#17

so let’s say 100000 miliseconds, it will be shortened to x years, y days, etc.? If so, the best way would be returning everything, or returning a string with all the values.

#18

Yeah that’s the idea
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#19

Ok so I have to return the highest (idk how to call it (days / hours / etc…) and to add a coma “,” and to add the second one so,

If you have 3 days and 7 hours you want the script to do

local returnedNumber = days…","…hours…" Days"

So it will return “3,7 Days”

#20

It should be something like this:

if years == 0 and days == 0 then --if statement to know which category to class
return days+"".."days, "..hours+"".."hours, " --etc
elseif 
end

Hope this helps, sorry for late response tho