Tick() appears to be outputting the incorrect time on the Roblox client

[oskxzr (IJBOL)]

Hey everyone!

I have been experiencing what seems to be a Roblox bug where tick() is incorrect on the cleint.

I have here a screenshot of what Roblox has printed is the tick() alongisde what the actual tick is.

The actual tick should be 1732525798, but on Roblox is is 1732568996 (difference of ~43200)

This bug does not seem to occur in Roblox studio.

Has anyone else experienced this? Anyone got a fix?

My testing code:

while true do
	task.wait(1)
	print(tick())
end

Thanks.

Edit: This was not occurring in Roblox studio before but now it is!

[dukzae]

tick() uses the system’s timezone, so it’s not consistent across the Roblox’s servers and your device. It works the way you’d expect in studio because studio makes a local server using your system, including its timezone

• os.time() will be the expected Unix Timestamp, but does not have millisecond precision (canonical method)
  • client and server align
• workspace:GetServerTimeNow() will be the expected Unix Timestamp, with millisecond precision
  • client and server align
• os.clock() has millisecond precision (canonical method for benchmarking)
  • client and server do not align
  • server uses time since server start
  • client uses CPU time

[oskxzr (IJBOL)]

Thanks so much! Had no idea tick() was localised…