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DateTime

An immutable representation of a date and time, which may be either local time or UTC.

Constructors

Constructor Name Return Type Description Tags
DateTime.New(table parameters) DateTime Constructs a new DateTime instance, defaulting to midnight on January 1, 1970, UTC. The parameters table may contain the following values to specify the date and time:
year (integer): Specifies the year.
month (integer): Specifies the month, from 1 to 12.
day (integer): Specifies the day of the month, from 1 to the last day of the specified month.
hour (integer): Specifies the hour of the day, from 0 to 23.
minute (integer): Specifies the minute, from 0 to 59.
second (integer): Specifies the second, from 0 to 59.
millisecond (integer): Specifies the millisecond, from 0 to 999.
isLocal (boolean): If true, the new DateTime will be in local time. Defaults to false for UTC.
Values outside of the supported range for each field will be clamped, and a warning will be logged.
None

Properties

Property Name Return Type Description Tags
year integer The year component of this DateTime. Read-Only
month integer The month component of this DateTime, from 1 to 12. Read-Only
day integer The day component of this DateTime, from 1 to 31. Read-Only
hour integer The hour component of this DateTime, from 0 to 23. Read-Only
minute integer The minute component of this DateTime, from 0 to 59. Read-Only
second integer The second component of this DateTime, from 0 to 59. Read-Only
millisecond integer The millisecond component of this DateTime, from 0 to 999. Read-Only
isLocal boolean True if this DateTime is in the local time zone, false if it's UTC. Read-Only
secondsSinceEpoch integer Returns the number of seconds since midnight, January 1, 1970, UTC. Note that this ignores the millisecond component of this DateTime. Read-Only
millisecondsSinceEpoch integer Returns the number of milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970, UTC. Read-Only

Functions

Function Name Return Type Description Tags
ToLocalTime() DateTime Returns a copy of this DateTime adjusted to local time. If this DateTime is already in local time, simply returns a copy of this DateTime. None
ToUtcTime() DateTime Returns a copy of this DateTime adjusted to UTC. If this DateTime is already in UTC, simply returns a copy of this DateTime. None
ToIsoString() string Returns this date and time, adjusted to UTC, formatted as an ISO 8601 string (YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS.sssZ) None

Class Functions

Class Function Name Return Type Description Tags
DateTime.CurrentTime([table optionalParameters]) DateTime Returns the current date and time in UTC. The optionalParameters table may contain the following values to change the date and time returned:
isLocal (boolean): If true, the current local time will be returned instead of UTC.
None
DateTime.FromSecondsSinceEpoch(integer secondsSinceEpoch) DateTime Returns the date and time that is secondsSinceEpoch seconds since midnight, January 1, 1970, UTC. None
DateTime.FromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(integer millisecondsSinceEpoch) DateTime Returns the date and time that is millisecondsSinceEpoch milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970, UTC. None
DateTime.FromIsoString(string) DateTime Parses the given string as an ISO 8601 formatted date (YYYY-MM-DD) or date and time (YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS(.sss)(Z/+hh:mm/+hhmm/-hh:mm/-hhmm)). Returns the parsed UTC DateTime, or nil if the string was an invalid format. None

Examples

Example using:

CurrentTime

ToIsoString

In this example, we take the local time and print it to the Event Log in two different ways. By using tostring() we are able to see the local interpretation of the DateTime. By using ToIsoString() we see the time converted to UTC and formatted according to the ISO 8601 standard.

local now = DateTime.CurrentTime({isLocal = true})
print(tostring(now))
print(now:ToIsoString())

Example using:

CurrentTime

ToIsoString

FromIsoString

secondsSinceEpoch

In some games it may be important to know if a player is new and, if they are not, how much time has passed since they were last playing. In this example, we catch the moment players join and leave. Using storage, we save the timestamp when they leave and use that information the next time they join. By comparing the timestamps of leaving and joining we know how many seconds elapsed.

local function OnPlayerLeft(player)
    local data = Storage.GetPlayerData(player)

    local now = DateTime.CurrentTime()
    data.leftDateTime = now:ToIsoString()

    Storage.SetPlayerData(player, data)
end

local function OnPlayerJoined(player)
    local data = Storage.GetPlayerData(player)

    if data.leftDateTime then
        local leftAt = DateTime.FromIsoString(data.leftDateTime)
        local now = DateTime.CurrentTime()
        local secondsElapsed = now.secondsSinceEpoch - leftAt.secondsSinceEpoch
        print("player ".. player.name .." was away for "..secondsElapsed.." seconds.")
    else
        print("New player ".. player.name ..". First time playing.")
    end
end

Game.playerLeftEvent:Connect(OnPlayerLeft)
Game.playerJoinedEvent:Connect(OnPlayerJoined)

See also: Storage.GetPlayerData | Game.playerLeftEvent | Player.name


Example using:

CurrentTime

hour

minute

second

In this example, a client-context script displays to the player their local clock. This appears in the form hh:mm:ss. The value is written to a UI Text Box that is assigned as a custom property.

local UI_TEXT = script:GetCustomProperty("UITextBox"):WaitForObject()

function FormatDigitalTime(dateTime)
    -- Hour
    local str = dateTime.hour .. ":"
    -- Minutes
    if dateTime.minute < 10 then
        str = str .. "0"
    end
    str = str .. dateTime.minute .. ":"
    -- Seconds
    if dateTime.second < 10 then
        str = str .. "0"
    end
    str = str .. dateTime.second
    return str
end

function Tick()
    local now = DateTime.CurrentTime({isLocal = true})
    UI_TEXT.text = FormatDigitalTime(now)

    Task.Wait(1)
end

See also: UIText.text | CoreObject.GetCustomProperty | CoreObjectReference.WaitForObject | Task.Wait


Example using:

New

CurrentTime

FromSecondsSinceEpoch

secondsSinceEpoch

year

month

day

It can be really useful to know how much time remains until an upcoming event. Perhaps there is a global countdown for all players until a new piece of content is revealed. In this example, we calculate when is the next midnight and how many seconds remain until that threshold arrives. We then take that remaining time and format it in a way that would be appropriate to show to a casual player. Example output: "Time until midnight: 10 h 23 m". This type of operation could be done every second and displayed in a World Text or UI Text.

local SECONDS_IN_DAY = 60 * 60 * 24

-- This function takes a number of remaining seconds and formats it into a string
local function FormatCasualTimespan(totalSeconds)
    local seconds = totalSeconds
    local minutes = math.floor(seconds / 60)
    seconds = seconds - minutes*60

    if minutes > 0 then
        local hours = math.floor(minutes / 60)
        minutes = minutes - hours*60

        if hours > 0 then
            local days = math.floor(hours / 24)
            hours = hours - days*24

            if days > 0 then
                if hours > 0 then
                    return days.."d " .. hours.."h"
                end
                return days.."d"

            elseif (minutes > 0) then
                return hours.."h " .. minutes.."m"
            end
            return hours.."h"
        end
        return minutes.."m " .. seconds.."s"
    end
    return seconds.."s"
end

-- Calculate when is the next midnight
local now = DateTime.CurrentTime()
local tomorrow = DateTime.FromSecondsSinceEpoch(now.secondsSinceEpoch + SECONDS_IN_DAY)
local nextMidnight = DateTime.New({
    year = tomorrow.year,
    month = tomorrow.month,
    day = tomorrow.day,
    hour = 0
})
-- Print to the Event Log how much time remains until midnight
local secondsUntilMidnight = nextMidnight.secondsSinceEpoch - now.secondsSinceEpoch
print("Time until midnight: " .. FormatCasualTimespan(secondsUntilMidnight))


Dernière mise à jour: 30 juin 2022