Using OS.Time to create events that happen every few hours

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#1

Hi I want to try and create a script that will make events happen for a certain amount of time and have it do the event every few hours for each server at the same time. However I am still fairly new to this so I’ve had to use tutorials and this is the closest I’ve got but this isn’t quite what I want so any help to get this working would be appreciated

 function Format(Int)
	return string.format("%02i", Int)
end

function convertToHMS(Seconds)
	local Minutes = (Seconds - Seconds%60)/60
	Seconds = Seconds - Minutes*60
	local Hours = (Minutes - Minutes%60)/60
	Minutes = Minutes - Hours*60
	return Format(Hours)..":"..Format(Minutes)..":"..Format(Seconds)
end

while wait(0.5) do
	local Time = os.time()
	local date = os.date("!*t", Time) 
	local secondsOfTheDay = date["hour"]*3600 + date["min"]*60 + date["sec"]  
	local secondsLeftUntilMidnight = convertToHMS(86400 - secondsOfTheDay)

	if 86400 - secondsOfTheDay == 0 and game.ReplicatedStorage.BossActive.Value == false then
		game.ReplicatedStorage.BossActive.Value = true
		local Boss = script.Parent.Boss:Clone()
		Boss.Parent = workspace
		game.ReplicatedStorage.BossActive.Value = true
		game.Workspace.BossSpawnTimer.Numbers.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = "BOSS ACTIVE"
	else
		game.Workspace.BossSpawnTimer.Numbers.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = secondsLeftUntilMidnight
	end
end
#2

What’s the problem with the code?

#3

There are no errors I just want to adjust the code so it will activate the event every few hours. Along with giving it a certain amount of time before the event ends and the timer starts again. Apologies if its a very simple error to fix I’m still getting used to os.time so its not very clear to me on how I would make what I want work.

#4

If I understand your code correctly your taking the current time in seconds and subtracting it from 86400 to check if its midnight?

#5

Yes, thats correct so right now it will start the event every midnight.

#6

I’m assuming the rest of your code is correct so this will only work if it is, but instead of subtracting take the % of the current time with the time you want it to run. For example if you want it to run every three hours, do “if secondsOfTheDay % 10800 == 0”. What this does is it divides the current time by three hours, if its been three hours the % operator returns 0.

You can replace 10800 with the time you want between events.

#7

It seems to be working better now, However the Board that displays the timer is now going up rather than down.

function Format(Int)
	return string.format("%02i", Int)
end

function convertToHMS(Seconds)
	local Minutes = (Seconds - Seconds%60)/60
	Seconds = Seconds - Minutes*60
	local Hours = (Minutes - Minutes%60)/60
	Minutes = Minutes - Hours*60
	return Format(Hours)..":"..Format(Minutes)..":"..Format(Seconds)
end

while wait(0.5) do
	local Time = os.time()
	local date = os.date("!*t", Time) 
	local secondsOfTheDay = date["hour"]*3600 + date["min"]*60 + date["sec"]  
	local secondsLeftUntilBoss = convertToHMS(secondsOfTheDay % 10800)

	if secondsOfTheDay % 10800 == 0 and game.ReplicatedStorage.BossActive.Value == false then
		game.ReplicatedStorage.BossActive.Value = true
		local Boss = script.Parent.Boss:Clone()
		Boss.Parent = workspace
		game.ReplicatedStorage.BossActive.Value = true
		game.Workspace.BossSpawnTimer.Numbers.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = "BOSS ACTIVE"
	else
		game.Workspace.BossSpawnTimer.Numbers.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = secondsLeftUntilBoss
	end
end
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#8

local secondsLeftUntilBoss = convertToHMS(10800 - (secondsOfTheDay % 10800))

This fix should work if I did it correctly.

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#9

Perfect, this is working fine now thanks again! Very helpful