I have tried looking at the wiki but it doesn't explain it well enough for me to understand.
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What does the "tick()" function do?
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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
tick() returns the number of seconds as a number since the UNIX Epoch, which is January 1, 1970.
Extra
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!
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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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
Could you explain what exactly is not clear? It already looks like it's explained it as fully as possible.
"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)."