love.timer.getTime
Returns the value of a timer with an unspecified starting time. This function should only be used to calculate differences between points in time, as the starting time of the timer is unknown.
Function
Synopsis
time = love.timer.getTime( )
Arguments
None.
Returns
number time
- The time in seconds.
Examples
Checking how long something takes
local start = love.timer.getTime() -- Concatenate "bar" 1000 times. local foo = "" for _ = 1, 1000 do foo = foo .. "bar" end -- Resulting time difference in seconds. Multiplying it by 1000 gives us the value in milliseconds. local result = love.timer.getTime() - start print( string.format( "It took %.3f milliseconds to concatenate 'bar' 1000 times!", result * 1000 ))
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