[Plugin] System date and time

Update:

Change return type of UnixTimestamp to "float", so that it could return original value.

Toraz

Thanks, I got this problem. Please download the latest date plugin and try again.

Thanks Rex, it is working smoothly now.

Thank you! But when I setup the plugin the problem occur.

The error message is " can't open the file 'E:\program files\Construct 2\exporters\html 5\plugins\rex_date\common.js". What's the reason?

zhangcui

Sorry, I don't know why. Can not help you.

Hello rexrainbow, this plugin is useful for gameplay purposes.

I have a question if you don't mind

How to add count of days when on layout starts? it could set WebStorage, when we launch application at first time, it appears "0" on text, then exit the application.

Then 12 days later and launch the application again, the text appears "12"

Do you have an idea how to make it?

Thanks!

Joannesalfa

I guess, might be saving "Year/Month/Date" into webstorage?

Joannesalfa

I guess, might be saving "Year/Month/Date" into webstorage?

No, count of days since the first launch of application

Joannesalfa

Uh, I mean, compare previous saved "Year/Month/Date" with current "Year/Month/Date" to get days.

Joannesalfa

Uh, I mean, compare previous saved "Year/Month/Date" with current "Year/Month/Date" to get days.

Yes, i was wondering how to make it, let's compare saved "Year/Month/Date" with current "Year/Month/Date" but i had no idea how to get the counted days. Does it require loop?

Joannesalfa

Convert seconds to days hours minutes and seconds.

numdays = Math.floor(seconds / 86400)
numhours = Math.floor((seconds % 86400) / 3600)
numminutes = Math.floor(((seconds % 86400) % 3600) / 60)
numseconds = ((seconds % 86400) % 3600) % 60

Hi rexrainbow

I am currently looking for a way to convert the date and time into a unix timestamp, and vice versa.

Meaning that the user of my app could fill in a date and time, so my app knows which timestamp it needs to set.

This way i could save 1 "future" set timestamp, and a present set timestamp.

THen compare them every thick, and move set actions to the difference between the 2 stamps.

Can u build in a expression for this which converts the date & time, or am i missing something that is already build in?

Kind regards.

Savvy001

Joannesalfa

Convert seconds to days hours minutes and seconds.

numdays = Math.floor(seconds / 86400)
numhours = Math.floor((seconds % 86400) / 3600)
numminutes = Math.floor(((seconds % 86400) % 3600) / 60)
numseconds = ((seconds % 86400) % 3600) % 60

It looks like nice workaround, i think it's possible to get seconds since on start layout and keep saving seconds variable via webstorage... but what happens if on start layout and got 24 seconds = 0 day, then quit application and wait for 3 days, start app again and it could result was 24 seconds = 0 day, exceptation result should be like 3463456 seconds = 3 days.

There an another website could help us, according to

the script doesn?t update every second. Updating the day counter every second is not needed since the number of days doesn?t change every second. The below script updates the counter only when the day count mentioned in the counter has to change.

http://praveenlobo.com/techblog/javascript-counter-count-days/

Savvy001

I will try this when I have time, thanks for suggestion.

rexrainbow

U just made my day!

Please let me know when the time comes <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Isn't there a way to get counted days since first launch?