os.time

time = os.time (t)

Returns the current time if no argument supplied. The time is in seconds from the start of the current epoch.

On Windows, the function returns the number of seconds elapsed since midnight (00:00:00), January 1, 1970, coordinated universal time, according to the system clock.

If an argument is supplied it must be a table with at least the entries:

• year
• month
• day

The table can also have the entries:

• hour
• min
• sec
• isdst

This table can be produced by calling: os.date ("*t")

print (os.time { year = 2004, month = 8, 
                 day = 30, hour = 6, min = 32, sec = 1, dst = true }) --> 1093811521
print (os.date ("%x %X", 1093811521))  --> 30/08/04 06:32:01