time in lua - Printable Version

time in lua - Printable Version

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time in lua - rocfusion - 14.03.2019

Hi,

I have a device it which returns a time stamp, in the follow format: 1552587707032

Now I need to send the current time back in the same format. os.time generates a time like 1552589984 which is 3 digits less that what the device is expecting. Does anybody have an idea how to get the same format?

Thanks,

Roger

RE: time in lua - Erwin van der Zwart - 14.03.2019

Hi Roger,

I think it's a UNIX microtime format with milliseconds included.

I would try to do this to make it os.time() format (seconds):

Code:
value = 1552587707032

value = math.floor((value/1000))

log(value) --> 1552587707

BR,

Erwin

RE: time in lua - rocfusion - 14.03.2019

ok, how would I send the time back in that format? just multiply by a 1000

RE: time in lua - admin - 15.03.2019

Code:
ts, tu = os.microtime()

time = ts * 1000 + math.floor(tu / 1000)

RE: time in lua - rocfusion - 15.03.2019

Hi, thank you that works...

Thx
Roger