gettime.md

luatz.gettime {#gettime}

A module to get the current time.

Uses the most precise method available (in order:)

• Use ljsyscall to access clock_gettime(2) called with CLOCK_REALTIME
• lunix's unix.clock_gettime() (Only on non-Apple systems)
• Use ljsyscall to access gettimeofday(2)
• lunix's unix.gettimeofday()
• luasocket's socket.gettime
• Openresty's ngx.now
• os.time

source {#gettime.source}

The library/function currently in use by gettime().

resolution {#gettime.resolution}

The smallest time resolution (in seconds) available from gettime().

gettime() {#gettime.gettime}

Returns the number of seconds since unix epoch (1970-01-01T00:00:00Z) as a lua number