Arma 3 Scripting

Command in Environment, Mission Information, Time

dayTime

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Description

Returns the current in-game time in hours. For a formatted version of time, see BIS_fnc_timeToString.

Syntax

dayTime

Returns: Number in range 0..24 - day time using a 24 hour clock, using fractions of hours

Examples

Example 1

dayTime; // returns 16.5 given it is 16:30 (4.30pm) in game

Example 2

Get hour, minute, seconds:

private _daytime = dayTime; // assuming dayTime returns 1.66046
private _hours = floor _daytime;                                            //  1
private _minutes = floor ((_daytime - _hours) * 60);                        // 39
private _seconds = floor ((((_daytime - _hours) * 60) - _minutes) * 60);    // 37

Multiplayer

Returns the current local in-game time in hours.

See also

date · dateToNumber · BIS_fnc_timeToString · time · skipTime · systemTime · systemTimeUTC