Question about llGetDate

I found a program in the forum here for a visitor counter. I placed it in some objects and check them daily, but I hadn't paid too much attention to the dates it until i came to look at who visited since yesterday (Feb 5th). I know for a fact that I had friends come at about 16:50. Well this morning, at about 7:00 SLT, I checked the counter and they were in the list, but it showed the were here at 16:50 but with a date of Feb 6. That would not be possible since 16:50 on the 6th has not occurred yet.

I think I see where the problem is in the script. It uses llGetWallClock, which uses SL time, but then it tags on llGetDate which is UMT time. So at 16:50 on Feb 5th, it would be a date of Feb 6th UMT.

Here is the snip of code for that:

if( llDetectedKey( i ) != llGetOwner() )
{
string detected_name = llDetectedName( i );
if( isNameOnList( detected_name ) == FALSE )
{
float seconds = llGetWallclock();
float minutes = seconds / 60.0;
float hours = minutes / 60.0;
integer hours_int = (integer) hours;
integer minutes_int = ((integer)minutes) % 60;
if( minutes_int < 10 )
{
visitor_list += (string) hours_int + ":0" + (string) minutes_int + " " + (string) llGetDate();
}
else
{
visitor_list += (string) hours_int + ":" + (string) minutes_int + " " + (string) llGetDate();
}

visitor_list += detected_name;
CODE


I don't see an LSL function that returns the SL date, so would this mean I need to check the time and parse the date to knock the day back by one (and year if its Dec. 31)?

Thank you.
Dmitriy

for my visitor list that works similarly, i just use llGetTimeStamp

http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llGetDate
if you not read it already

Ahhh thank you Dora.

**note, I looked at llGetTimeStamp but I think that is also UMT, but with the time and date together. This function should do the trick

I'd recommend to use the new updated wiki than the old abandoned one.
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlGetDate

that gets you a date? Kool.

I was going to ask if llGetDate had something to do with the escort thread.

will it get you dates with MLP?

After going back and forth with my ISP and Linden Labs, each asking me to have the other look into the situation further, it was agreed that my ISP was blocking the mail from second life. It apparently was being blocked by a 3rd party spam control system before it even reached my inbox with my ISP. Considering how many emails get sent by objects on a daily basis in Second Life, it would be near impossible to access a copy of the suto return email and seek some rectification to remove Second Life from the list. Since there seems to be no block when I use a gmail account, I changed my scripted object to that, changed my main email address with Second Life to that. It's working fine now.

I usually refer to lslwiki.net, whcih still has much better documentation in many areas. When I find it lacking (usually only for the very new functions) I visit the official LSL Portal and SOMETIMES find more info than that on lslwiki.net. I definitely wouldn't discount that "old abandoned" wiki.