Getting system time in gadgets (unsynced)

[Tribulex]

I need to get the system time in an unsynced gadget. System.time doesnt work so how can i do it?

[slogic]

Try os.date(), os.time().

[zwzsg]

Keep in mind that due to the limited precision of Lua numbers, os.time() is rounded to the nearest dozen seconds.

Use Spring.GetTimer() and Spring.DiffTimers(timer,timer) if you need precision.

Use os.date(..) if you need a formatted string showing current time.

[Tribulex]

yeah thats what i mean os.time throws errors in gadgets.

[zwzsg]

In synced gadget, that's normal: The clocks of all the computers aren't synced, so os.time is disabled so you don't cause desyncs by using it. In unsynced gadget, I don't know if I ever tried, but that's still not what I meant.

[Tribulex]

unsynced gadget. Yes synced makes sense, but why not unsynced. I dont really want to make this a widget.

[lurker]

Either get somebody to add some of the widget calls to unsynced or possibly make a widget do it.

I think the game ID has a timestamp embedded in it, and there might be other functions that can return a timestamp.

[Tribulex]

ya i forgot about this. Ill have to check what i did in my music gadget