Returns elapsed time in seconds since an arbitrary baseline with
sub-microsecond precision. This function is useful for comparing durations
between two events that occur on the same computer, and is the best option
for benchmarking.

Unlike with functions such as `Library.os.time()` or
`Datatype.DateTime.now()`, adjustments to the system clock (such as by the
user or [NTP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol)) do not
cause time to jump forwards or backwards.

```lua
-- Record the initial time:
local startTime = os.clock()
-- Do something you want to measure the performance of:
local a, b = 0, 1
for _ = 1, 5000000 do
    a, b = b, a
end
-- Measure amount of time this took:
local deltaTime = os.clock() - startTime
print("Elapsed time: " .. deltaTime)
-->  Elapsed time: 0.044425600033719 (actual number may vary)
```


os.clock

Returns elapsed time in seconds since an arbitrary baseline with
sub-microsecond precision.


Formats the given `formatString` with date/time information based on the
given time, or if not provided, the value returned by `Library.os.time()`.

This function should be avoided in new work. Instead, use the
`Datatype.DateTime` API, which supports localized formatting.

The following specifiers (based on the C function strftime) are supported:

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Specifier</th>
      <th>Meaning</th>
      <th>Example<sup>&dagger;</sup></th>
     </tr>
  </thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
  <td>%a</td>
  <td>Abbreviated weekday name *</td>
  <td>Mon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%A</td>
  <td>Full weekday name *</td>
  <td>Monday</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%b</td>
  <td>Abbreviated month name *</td>
  <td>Feb</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%B</td>
  <td>Full month name *</td>
  <td>February</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%c</td>
  <td>Date and time *</td>
  <td>Mon Feb 12 14:14:35 2024</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%d</td>
  <td>Day of the month</td>
  <td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%H</td>
  <td>Hour, using 24-hour clock</td>
  <td>14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%I</td>
  <td>Hour, using 12-hour clock</td>
  <td>02</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%j</td>
  <td>Day of year</td>
  <td>043</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%m</td>
  <td>Month</td>
  <td>02</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%M</td>
  <td>Minute</td>
  <td>14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%p</td>
  <td>Either "AM" or "PM"</td>
  <td>PM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%S</td>
  <td>Second</td>
  <td>35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%U</td>
  <td>Week number (first Sunday as the first day of week one)</td>
  <td>06</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%w</td>
  <td>Weekday</td>
  <td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%W</td>
  <td>Week number (first Monday as the first day of week one)</td>
  <td>07</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%x</td>
  <td>Date *</td>
  <td>02/12/24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%X</td>
  <td>Time *</td>
  <td>14:14:35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%y</td>
  <td>Two-digit year</td>
  <td>24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%Y</td>
  <td>Full year</td>
  <td>2024</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%z</td>
  <td>ISO 8601 offset from UTC in timezone (1 minute = 1, 1 hour = 100)</td>
  <td>-0800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%Z</td>
  <td>Timezone name or abbreviation *</td>
  <td>PST</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>%%</td>
  <td>The % character</td>
  <td>%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

\* This value can vary depending on the current locale.

&dagger; The example provided is for February 12th, 2024 (Monday) at
2:14:35 PM (14:14:35), run using locale "en-us" in Pacific Standard Time
(PST).

If the provided `formatString` is exactly `"*t"` (local time) or `"!*t"`
(UTC time), this function instead returns a dictionary containing the
following components, which are normally available in the specifiers
above.

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Field</th>
      <th>Type</th>
      <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>year</td>
    <td>int</td>
    <td>An integer that describes the current year of the Current Era (ex. 2017)</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>month</td>
    <td>int</td>
    <td>An integer between 1 and 12 (starting from January) that describes the current month.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>wday</td>
    <td>int</td>
    <td>An integer between 1 and 7 (starting from Sunday) that describes the current week day.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>yday</td>
    <td>int</td>
    <td>An integer between 1 and 366 describing how many days we are into the year.<br />There can be 366 days if it is a leap year.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>day</td>
    <td>int</td>
    <td>An integer between 1 and 31 describing the current day of the month.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>hour</td>
    <td>int</td>
    <td>An integer between 1 and 24 describing the current hour of the day.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>min</td>
    <td>int</td>
    <td>An integer between 0 and 59 describing the current minute of the hour.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>sec</td>
    <td>int</td>
    <td>An integer between 0 and 60 describing the current second of the hour.<br />(60 because the function is described to indicate leap seconds, but in practice it probably doesn't).</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>isdst</td>
    <td>bool</td>
    <td>A boolean describing if daylight savings time is currently active.</td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>


os.date

formatString

time

Formats the given string with date/time information based on the given
time.


Returns the number of seconds from `t1` to `t2`. The difference is
computed assuming that `t1` and `t2` are correctly casted to the
[time_t](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/c/time_t) format.


os.difftime

Returns the number of seconds from one time to another.


Returns how many seconds have passed since the Unix epoch (1 January 1970,
00:00:00), under current UTC time. If provided a table formatted similarly
to that returned by `Library.os.date()`, it will return the number of
seconds since that time instead.

Note that the returned time uses the device's local clock. Most operating
systems automatically sync their local time against online time servers,
so this should be within a few hundred milliseconds. However, users can
easily disable sync behavior and set the system time to anything they
want; for synchronized time between client and server, use
`Class.Workspace:GetServerTimeNow()` instead.

This function should be avoided in new work. Instead, use the
`Datatype.DateTime` API, which supports localized formatting.

When you need to precisely measure the time elapsed between two points in
time, like when testing performance, use `Library.os.clock()` instead.


os.time

A dictionary table describing a specific time, similar to that
returned by `Library.os.date()`. If not provided, uses the current UTC
time.


Returns how many seconds have passed since the Unix epoch (1 January 1970,
00:00:00) under current UTC time.


This library provides functions related to time and date.


Luau

Dictionary

An object that runs connected functions upon a specific occurrence.

Data Type

RBXScriptSignal

A double-precision floating-point number.

number

A sequence of characters, such as letters, numbers, and symbols.

string

Data type which can store multiple values of any non-nil type, including booleans, numbers, strings, functions, and other tables.

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This method is asynchronous and returns an `Operation`, which represents the current state of the operation. It contains an endpoint path that you can poll to obtain the real response and applicable metadata. See the [documentation]({longRunningOperationsLink}) on long-running operations for more information.
            
The following sections describe the response and metadata objects that are provided when an operation completes.

Beta endpoints are ready for public use. Breaking changes are possible but rare.

This field may be set when creating a resource, but may not be modified by subsequent requests.

This field may be provided in requests, but will never be included in responses.

Per API Key: {maxInPeriod} requests every {periodInSeconds} seconds per IP Address

This field may be set on responses, but will be ignored in requests.

The following API key permissions are required to call this endpoint. For more
information on generating proper keys, see [Managing API Keys]({apiKeyReferenceDocLink}).

The following endpoints are available at paths relative to the base URL.

This string is formatted as a [FieldMask](/cloud/reference/types#fieldmask).

A JSON value can be `null`, `boolean`, `string`, `number`, `array`, or `object`.

The following scopes are required for your OAuth 2.0 application to use this endpoint. For more information on how to register an OAuth 2.0 application, see [App Registration and Review]({oauth2ReferenceDocLink}).

The following objects describe payloads that are accepted or returned. See each individual endpoint for more information on when these objects are used.

This string is formatted as a [Timestamp](/cloud/reference/types#timestamp).

This allows viewing information about your assets.

This allows uploading and updating assets to Roblox.

Grants the ability to update badges owned by the user.

This allows viewing information about your commerce items.

This allows editing of your commerce merchant connections.

This allows you to view information about your Creator Store products.

This allows you to modify information about your Creator Store products.

This allows viewing information about your communities.

This allows you to manage community join requests and role updates for your account.

This allows viewing information about your inventory.

Grants access to mange your badges and spend robux.

Grants access to manage your developer products.

Grants access to read information about the experiences you follow.

Grants access to follow and unfollow experiences on your behalf.

Grants access to manage your communities.

Grants permission to read community information.

Grants access to read and write your localization tables

Grants access to manage team collaboration for all experiences you own.

Grants access to manage your experiences and certain information associated with your experiences (e.g. localization information).

Grants access to read your experiences' localization information.

Grants access to modify your experiences' localization preferences.

Grants access to manage your user account.

Grants access to modify user localization preferences.

This grants the ability to publish messages on behalf of users.

This allows sending notifications from your experience to users.

This allows listing secrets associated with your experience.

This allows creating and updating secrets associated with your experience.

Grants access to read about your subscription products.

Grants the ability to read place information.

Grants the ability to edit place information.

This operation grants access to publish new versions of experiences to Roblox.

Grants the ability to read experience information.

Grants the ability to edit experience information.

Allows you to view user restrictions in the experience.

Allows you to edit user restrictions in the experience.

Grants the ability to read user's premium and verified status.

This allows you to view a user's social accounts.

This enables Single Sign-On functionality.

This grants access to read your profile information.

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An array is an ordered list of values. Arrays are useful for storing collections of data.

A set of key-value pairs, where the keys can be any number, string, or object.

This function returns immediately if possible, but can yield the thread that called it until it can return a value.

{nameStart}name{nameEnd} is no longer supported or maintained by Roblox.

This math operation is no longer supported or maintained by Roblox.

This member doesn’t appear in the object browser and is not intended for widespread use.

This member is only accessible only through the command bar. Attempting to access this member from scripts causes an error.

This function can’t pause the Lua thread that called it.

Attempting to access this member in scripts causes an error. You might be able to access this member from Roblox Studio's property window.

This member doesn’t appear in Roblox Studio’s Object Browser.

You can’t create an instance of this class with the Instance.new constructor.

Roblox does not replicate this member across its server-client boundary.

Lua code can’t access this member. You might be able to change its value from the property window in Roblox Studio.

This member is accessible from OpenCloud Luau execution tasks.

This object’s replication behavior is dependent on the player who owns it.

This member is accessible through the command bar and plugins. Attempting to access this member from scripts causes an error.

This member is read only. Attempting to write to this member causes an error.

This property is read-only and is safe to read in unsynchronized threads. Attempting to write to it causes an error.

This member is accessible only in CoreScripts.

Only Roblox CoreScripts can access this member, and it isn’t usable by Players.

You can read and write to this property safely from multiple threads.

This class is a top-level singleton. Retrieve an instance of this class with the GetService function.

Multiple threads can potentially write to this property, so it’s unsafe to read from unsynchronized threads.

This function pauses the Lua thread that called it until it returns a result. This doesn’t interrupt other scripts.

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Functions

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clock

Returns

date

Parameters

Returns

difftime

Parameters

Returns

time

Parameters

Returns