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luaroblox
xphes
xphes

Reputation: 11

Roblox timing system only gives you local time

so I have been toying around with this analog clock, and I've attempted to find the answers online but found none. What I basically want this clock to do is pretty much reference GMT time and not the time on my computer because I am trying to make a game that shows all the times in the world. But I cannot do that because if I added 6 hours to show German time, it would correctly tell the time for me, but it would not for anyone in a different time zone. What should I change in my code?

    local sp = script.Parent
local Clock = sp.Clock
local HourArrow = Clock.Hour
local MinArrow = Clock.Min
 SecArrow = Clock.Sec

while true do
    local t=tick()
    local hour=(((t/60)/60)/12)%1
    local minute=(hour*12)%1
    local mint = math.floor(minute*60)
    local second= math.floor(((minute*60)%1)*60)
    HourArrow.Rotation = 180+(hour*360)
    MinArrow.Rotation = 180+(mint*6)
    SecArrow.Rotation = 180+(second*6)
    wait(1)
end

Upvotes: 1

Views: 626

Answers (3)

Corsaka
Corsaka

Reputation: 422

Your current script is unnecessary.

myTime = os.time{year=1970,month=1,day=1,hour=0} --current time in seconds from jan 1 1970 midnight
hoursToMove = 1 --how many hours to move forward
myTime = hoursToMove*60*60 + myTime --multiplies by 60 twice to reach minutes then hours

myTime would now equal the number of seconds passed since January 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC, plus one hour - change hoursToMove to modify how many hours forwards/backwards you want (negative numbers would work).

Upvotes: 1

Lenaic G.
Lenaic G.

Reputation: 1

You should use "os.date("!%c")" to print UTC time directly, or "os.time()" to get seconds passed from 1 January 1970, 00:00:00 (UTC)

sources : StackOverflow, Roblox time, Roblox date

Upvotes: 0

Lukas T.
Lukas T.

Reputation: 21

You might want to look into os.time. This allows you to format a time representation as you need. See the manual for strftime for format strings. You can also get the time deconstructed in hour, minute, etc. components as a table with os.date.

Upvotes: 0

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