clock()

Purpose

Get the current date and time

Description

Returns a structure containing the current system date and time

Syntax

c = clock( )

Arguments

c.year current year

c.month current month of the year (1-12)

c.day current day of the month (1-31)

c.hour current hour (1-24)

c.minute current minute (0-59)

c.second current second (0-59)

Example

hour = "00"
minute = "00"
second = "00"
size = 100.0
textSize( size )
loop
    clear()
    c = clock()
    if c.hour < 10 then
        hour = "0" + str( c.hour )
    else
        hour = str( c.hour )
    endIf
    if c.minute < 10 then
        minute = "0" + str( c.minute )
    else
        minute = str( c.minute )
    endIf
    if c.second < 10 then
        second = "0" + str( c.second )
    else
        second = str( c.second )
    endIf
    now = hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second
    tw = textWidth( now )
    drawText( ( gwidth() - tw ) / 2, ( gheight() - size ) / 2, size, white, now )
    update()
repeat

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