Function: os.time :: Operating System

Returns the current time when called without arguments,
or a time representing the date and time specified by the given table.
This table must have fields

Code:

year

Code:

month

, and

Code:

day

,
and may have fields

Code:

hour

Code:

min

Code:

sec

, and

Code:

isdst

(for a description of these fields, see the

Code:

os.date

function).

The returned value is a number, whose meaning depends on your system.
In POSIX, Windows, and some other systems, this number counts the number
of seconds since some given start time (the "epoch").
In other systems, the meaning is not specified,
and the number returned by

Code:

time

can be used only as an argument to

Code:

date

and

Code:

difftime

Lua-Api

Operating System

[LUA 5.1] os.time

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