Makin a timer help

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#1

I am trying to make a timer until midnight of the current day, but I do not know how. Could I do something with os?

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#3

You should check os.date on the os documentation page.

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#4

os.date(time) returns a table with a lot more information including the second, minute, day and hour of the time.

For a more simple solution, os.time started on midnight of January 1 1970, so whenever its divisible by the amount of seconds in a day, a new day has just started.

os.time()%(#secondsinaday) = time left until a new day. You could also add or subtract from os.time() based on the timezone if you want the entire game synced to EST for example.

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#5

Here’s a function you could use to find the time until midnight.

local function FindTimeTillMidnight()
	local function FilterTime(n) -- makes time appear as (Ex. 04 and not 4)
		if 10 > n then
			return "0"..n
		else
			return n
		end
	end
	
	local CurrentTime = os.date
	local Hours = FilterTime(23 - CurrentTime("%H"))
	local Minutes = FilterTime(59 - CurrentTime("%M"))
	local Seconds = FilterTime(59 - CurrentTime("%S"))
	
	return Hours, Minutes, Seconds
end
#6

Are you referring to an in-game day in Roblox or real life?