time

Type

function

Summary

Returns the current time.

Syntax

the [{ long | abbreviated | short }] [{ english | system }] time

time()

Description

Use the time function to display the current time to the user, or to store the time for later use.

If the twelveHourTime property is set to false, the value returned by the time function does not include "AM" or "PM".

The format of the system time forms is set by the Date & Time control panel (on Mac OS systems), the Date control panel (on Windows|Windows systems), or the LANG environment variable (on Unix systems).

note

Linux systems don't have a short system time, so the engine modifies the system time format string to remove the seconds. This works in most locales, but not all and our advice is to stick to using the long system time on Linux systems.

Examples

set the lastModifiedTime of this card to the time 

set the label of button "Clock" to the short system time

Related

function: ticks

glossary: property, Windows, Unix, format, return

keyword: system, english, abbreviated

property: useSystemDate

command: convert

control structure: function

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile