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How do I make a TextLabel display the current UTC time with AM/PM?
while true do
wait()
local hour = os.date("!*t")["hour"]
local min = os.date("!*t")["min"]
local sec = os.date("!*t")["sec"]
script.Parent.Text = hour..":"..min..":"..sec
end
So far the script works but I need it to display AM and PM.
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For Lua 5.1, you can perform a simple conditional and a mathematical operation to calculate the 12-hour time and add the suffix:
local function formatTime(t)
local dateTable = os.date("!*t", t)
local hour, min, sec = dateTable.hour, dateTable.min, dateTable.sec
local period = "AM"
if hour >= 12 then
period = "PM"
hour = hour ~= 12 and hour - 12 or hour
end
return string.format("%.2d:%.2d:%.2d %s", hour, min, sec, period)
end
while true do
print(formatTime())
wait()
end
For newer Lua versions:
os.date accepts a format string. All the tags can be found in PIL. There are options for the 12 hour clock.
print(os.date("%I:%m:%S %p", os.time()))
