How to make a clock in british time?

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve?
    I want to achieve a clock like the image attached, in british time with hours, minutes, and seconds.
    image

  2. What is the issue?
    I cannot figure it out, and how it works however everything I’ve tried wont work on a Surface-Gui.

  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    I looked around, but nobody has known.

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#2

We can’t help you if you don’t give us enough information. What do you need help with, making the gui, scripting, or what?
Do you want to get the time from game.Lightning.TimeOfDay?

#3

No. real life time as stated… Please read before doing anything. I need help with the scripting.

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#4

I’ve made a topic that talks about making a clock based on a specific timezone. Try this code out:

local function MilitaryToStandard(hour)
	return if hour > 12 then hour - 12 else hour, if hour > 12 then true else false
end

local function ConvertTo2Digit(digit)
	return if #tostring(digit) < 2 then 0 .. digit else digit
end

local date = os.date("!*t", os.time() + 3600) -- since british time is UTC+1, we add an hour to os.time() in seconds
local min = ConvertTo2Digit(date.min)
local hour, isPM = MilitaryToStandard(date.hour)
local result = hour .. ":" .. min .. if isPM then " PM" else " AM"

warn(result)
#5

Would it be going in a local script or a normal script, and would it format like this?
image

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#6

Here’s some updated code that returns the format you want (you can put this code anywhere).

local function MilitaryToStandard(hour)
	return if hour > 12 then hour - 12 else hour, if hour > 12 then true else false
end

local function ConvertTo2Digit(digit)
	return if #tostring(digit) < 2 then 0 .. digit else digit
end

local date = os.date("!*t", os.time() + 3600) -- since british time is UTC+1, we add an hour to os.time() in seconds
local min = ConvertTo2Digit(date.min)
local hour, isPM = MilitaryToStandard(date.hour)
local result = hour .. ":" .. min .. ":" .. date.sec

warn(result)
#7

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It doesnt want to work in our local script on a surface gui.

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#8

I tried the code and it works perfectly fine in a local script.

image

Could you show your clock code?

#9

Sure.

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#10

You have to actually print the ‘result’ variable for it to pop up on console-

local function MilitaryToStandard(hour)
	return if hour > 12 then hour - 12 else hour, if hour > 12 then true else false
end

local function ConvertTo2Digit(digit)
	return if #tostring(digit) < 2 then 0 .. digit else digit
end

local date = os.date("!*t", os.time() + 3600) -- since british time is UTC+1, we add an hour to os.time() in seconds
local min = ConvertTo2Digit(date.min)
local hour, isPM = MilitaryToStandard(date.hour)
local result = hour .. ":" .. min .. ":" .. date.sec

print(result) -- you forgot this
#11

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and here is the explorer

#12

we put the print(result) at the end and it doesnt seem to work

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#13

Okay, try this code:

This should actually change the text on your GUI.

local text = script.Parent

local function MilitaryToStandard(hour)
	return if hour > 12 then hour - 12 else hour, if hour > 12 then true else false
end

local function ConvertTo2Digit(digit)
	return if #tostring(digit) < 2 then 0 .. digit else digit
end

while true do
	local date = os.date("!*t", os.time() + 3600) -- since british time is UTC+1, we add an hour to os.time() in seconds
	local min = ConvertTo2Digit(date.min)
	local hour, isPM = MilitaryToStandard(date.hour)
	local result = hour .. ":" .. min .. ":" .. date.sec
	
	text.Text = tostring(result)
	warn(text.Text)
	task.wait(1)
end
#14

Thank you! It works finally, took a while but we got there.