GetTime

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Added in 1.0.0 / 1.13.2

Returns the system uptime of your computer in seconds, with millisecond precision.

seconds = GetTime()

Returns

seconds

number - The current system uptime in seconds, e.g. 60123.558

Details

• This value is only updated once per rendered frame. Finer-grained timers are available using GetTimePreciseSec() or debugprofilestop().
• It is possible for this function to return identical values across consecutive frames if a low resolution timing method is in use while running at a high framerate.

Patch changes

Patch 4.3.0 (2011-11-29): Only updates once every OnUpdate^[1]

See also

• time(), date()
• GetGameTime()
• GetTimePreciseSec()
• CVar timingMethod