Oh you mean the time of day? but what does %X mean
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As @bolzpy’s screenshot of the documentation shows, %X formats it into the HH:MM:SS format that you want
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But is the os.time() in UTC because it seems to be in my timezone? My timezone is UTC + 8
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local Time = os.date("*t", os.time())
Use google.
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Manually setting is quite inconvinient. You can use “*t” to get the current players timezone though this is only callable on the client.
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Are you running it on the server or on the client?
When run from the server, it will tell you the EST time.
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When did they say they wanted to get the player’s timezone? They said they wanted to get the current EST time.
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Ohhhhhhhhh… My brain is drunk.
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The script is on a server script and I just ran it
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@SeargentAUS Here is the code and the results
while true do
wait(1)
local Time = os.date("%X", os.time() - 5 * 3600)
print(Time)
end
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Do it in a Roblox server, not in studio
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@SeargentAUS
os.time() returns the local time, not UTC.
You can use os.date.
Code:
while task.wait(1) do
local Time = os.date("!*t", os.time() - 5 * 3600)
print(`{Time.hour}:{Time.min}:{Time.sec}`)
end
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When run on the server, os.time() returns the UTC time.
When run on the client, os.time() returns the local time.
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Yeah, but os.date() works anywhere, it should be used instead, especially if you only need to know the time on the client.
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So is this code correct or I need to follow what @SeargentAUS said which is to go and do it in the Roblox server?
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Both will achieve the same outcome
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Btw, I am just curious, what does {} mean
It’s called string formatting. You can put a variable inside the brackets and it will display it in the string.
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