os.time
Lua function os.time Summary Returns the current time or calculates the time in seconds from a table Prototype `time = os.time (t)` Description `Returns the current time if no argument supplied. The time is in seconds from the start of the current epoch. On Windows, the function returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970, coordinated universal time, according to the system clock. If an argument is supplied it must be a table with at least the entries: year month day The table can also have the entries: hour min sec isdst This table can be produced by calling: os.date ("*t")
    print (os.time { year = 2004, month = 8,
                     day = 30, hour = 6, min = 32, sec = 1, dst = true }) --> 1093811521
    print (os.date ("%x %X", 1093811521))  --> 30/08/04 06:32:01
` See Also ... Topics Lua base functions Lua bc (big number) functions Lua bit manipulation functions Lua coroutine functions Lua debug functions Lua io functions Lua math functions Lua os functions Lua package functions Lua PCRE regular expression functions Lua script extensions Lua string functions Lua table functions Lua utilities Scripting Lua functions os.clock (Amount of CPU time used) os.date (Formats a date/time string) os.difftime (Calculates a time difference in seconds) os.execute (Executes an operating system command) os.exit (Attempts to terminate the process) os.getenv (Returns an operating system environment variable) os.remove (Deletes a file) os.rename (Renames a file) os.setlocale (Sets the current locale to the supplied locale) os.tmpname (Returns a name for a temporary file) (Help topic: lua=os.time) Documentation contents page