How can I measure the time that has passed from a point to 5 seconds?

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#1

How can I measure the time with a cycle that is repeated many times and I need to use the time (without pausing the code) to verify that at least 5 have passed and if so, the condition is met to proceed with the system?

#2

You can use os.time() for this. os.time() returns the time in seconds since the Unix epoch.

Here’s an example of what the code will look like:

local pointInTime = os.time()

print("Some code here")

if os.time() - 5 >= pointInTime then
    print("Enough time passed")
end

Note: we subtract 5 from the current time because you asked for 5 seconds

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#3

You can use os.clock for that.

local before = os.clock()

-- insert code here

warn(os.clock - before .. " SECONDS HAVE PASSED!")

From what I can see from a lot of forum posts, os.time() is actually the way to go, mostly because os.clock() is based on the CPU time. My bad.