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What does the "tick()" function do?
I have tried looking at the wiki but it doesn't explain it well enough for me to understand.
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It "Returns the amount of time in seconds since the UNIX epoch (January 1st, 1970) on the current local session’s computer. It is precise to the nearest millisecond (0.001s)." ~ https://developer.roblox.com/articles/Built-in-Functions-and-Variables/Roblox#tick User#25115 0 — 5y
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time User#25115 0 — 5y
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Could you explain what exactly is not clear? It already looks like it's explained it as fully as possible. User#25115 0 — 5y
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"Returns the amount of time in seconds since the UNIX epoch (January 1st, 1970) on the current local session’s computer. It is precise to the nearest millisecond (0.001s)." namespace25 594 — 5y
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If you did:
print(tick())
It would return a large number value that is the number of seconds that have passed since January 1st, 1970. It is just a way to tell the time of the local session's computer. It is precise to the nearest millisecond (0.001s).
The number would probably look something like this: 1551206971.4111
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tick() returns the number of seconds as a number since the UNIX Epoch, which is January 1, 1970.
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Sometimes you might not want the decimal places, so I provided a function to return the rounded version of tick():
function tickRounded()
local seconds = tick()
return math.floor(seconds)
end
Running tickRounded() would return the number of seconds since January 1, 1970 as an integer instead of a decimal.
Hope this helps!