How to retrieve GPS time?

[+Darmstaedter]

Hi,

 

I tried

 

t = os.time('!*t')

 

with t defined as number globally.

However, I got the error message

"Bad argument #1 to 'time' (expected table, got string)

 

I tried with

t = os.time([[!*t]])

but no success.

 

What is wrong here?

 

Thx for help!

Edited June 24, 2011 by Darmstaedter

[+cantuland]

This is something that I found within the programming of ZoneListLimiter. I remembered that I had toyed with this concept but found a workaround. This is just a copy-and-paste of some text that was commented out by starting the lines with two dashes.

 

--This was the previous version.  It is suspected to be the cause of crashes
--so it is being replaced with the function below.  Somehow, the process 
--occasionally got successfully started and everything worked after that.
--function SecondsToWait(NeedToWaitThisLong)
--    -- This is a function used only at the end of WaitForZLLToStop().
--    --
--    -- This function can also be used as a general WAIT feature without
--    -- using a Wherigo countdown timer.
--    --
--    -- TimeCode is how many SECONDS that have elapsed this YEAR, so timechecks
--    -- done over New Years midnight celebration will not work right
--    -- due to time starting over after the turn of the year.
--
--    local Time1 = os.date("!*t")
--    local TimeCode1 = (Time1.sec+(Time1.min *60)+(Time1.hour *60*60)+(Time1.yday *60*60*24))
--    local WaitTimeSoFar = 0
--    while WaitTimeSoFar < NeedToWaitThisLong do
--        local Time2 = os.date("!*t")
--        local TimeCode2 = (Time2.sec+(Time2.min *60)+(Time2.hour *60*60)+(Time2.yday *60*60*24))
--        WaitTimeSoFar = TimeCode2 - TimeCode1
--    end --while
--end --function SecondsToWait

 

Hope this helps you out.

[+Darmstaedter]

Thanks a lot!

It works at least partly for the things I have planned it to use.

 

Interesting, that without argument of os.date() the calculation gives a runtime error in "min".

 

local Time3 = os.date()

local TimeCode3 = (Time3.sec+(Time3.min *60)+(Time3.hour *60*60)+(Time3.yday *60*60*24))

Edited June 24, 2011 by Darmstaedter

[+Tequila]

Here is how I did it. For example, to get the current hour, set up the following in User Functions:

 

--Return the Hour

function FullMoonHour()

t=os.date('*t')

start_day_hour=t.hour

return start_day_hour;

end

 

In your code, simply set you local variable equal to this User Expression.

 

Let me know if you want ne to post screen caps of URWIGO.