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
foo = "" local stime = love.timer.getTime() for i=1,1000 do foo = foo .. "bar" end local etime = love.timer.getTime() print(string.format("It took %.3f milliseconds to concatenate 'bar' 1000 times!", 1000 * (etime - stime)))
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