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#1

So… I want to get the 24 hours time, like 16:45 or 08:13

In my script I can get the epox time with

local epox = os.time()

So I have the epox varible, but how do i get for examples 14:45

#2

Maybe this can help:

#3

You can use os.date() and os.time() together to have it in your desired format.

#4

You can pretty easily do this like this, use os.date and pass your formatString and then the timestamp:

local ts = os.time();
print(os.date('%H:%M', ts)) --Prints 20:04, for me, as that is the time for me currently.
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#5

you can use os.date() for that, specifically:

os.date("*t")  -- to return local time
os.date("!*t") -- to return UTC time
#6

I ended up using this script.

local stringToFormat = "%H:%M"

local timestamp = os.time()

local result = os.date(stringToFormat, timestamp)

print(result)

but @WaterJamesPlough script looks usable for me as well as it is split in half to my current one.

local ts = os.time();
print(os.date('%H:%M', ts))
#7

Ok sure!
Mark it as the solution then.

Good luck on your projects, have a nice day!

#8

I believe you understand that basically does the same thing, except you have differently formatted script with different variables.

#9

Yeah, also, how would I make this an infinite loop which fires every minute?

#10 
while true do
    -- do something
    wait(60);
end;
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#11

Thanks everryone.

I will soulotion this now.

#12

you could do a while true do loop, that waits 60 Seconds after executing.

while true do
   --Bla Bla
   wait(60)
end
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