Make a clock say the time when clicked?

Hi I'm trying to make a clock say the time when it is clicked IE similar to the default "Hello Avatar!" script.

But, instead of saying Hello Avatar, I want it to say "The time is: (the current time in digits, PDT)." I'd also like the message to be private to whomever clicks it, so other people don't see it.

I looked around for a script myself but they were all like... for making actual clocks that rotate and stuff. Not what I want.

Hope someone can help, thanks!

Don't have time to write an example, but....

What you probably want to do is call llGetWallClock() to get the current PDT time.

You can set all that up in a touch event and then use llInstantMessage to tell the toucher the time.

I don't know how robust this is but try this:

default
{
    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {
        string sTimeStamp = llGetTimestamp();
        integer iTimeIndex = llSubStringIndex(sTimeStamp, "T") + 1;
        llInstantMessage(llDetectedKey(0), "The time is " + llGetSubString(sTimeStamp, iTimeIndex, iTimeIndex + 7));
    }
}

EDIT - Now that I think about it again, llGetTimestamp is in GMT, not PDT, so there will have to be some adjustments to my script to change that.

Perfect, thank you both. I combined your tips with a script I found in the Second Life wiki to get:

//Simple clock by Beverly Larkin to show example of how to use llGetWallClock()
 
integer H; //Hours
integer M; //Minutes
string AP; //AM or PM
 
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
     
    }
 
    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {
       

        integer T = (integer)llGetWallclock(); // Get time PST
        if (T > 43200) //If it's after noon
        {
            T = T - 43200; //Subtract 12 hours
            AP = " PM PDT.";  //set to PM
            H = T / 3600; //get hours
            M = (T - (H * 3600)) / 60; //get minutes
            if(H == 0) //if the hour is 0
            {
                H = 12; // make the hour 12
            }
        }
        else
        {
            AP = " AM PDT."; //set to AM
            H = T / 3600; //get the hour
            M = (T - (H * 3600)) / 60; //get minutes
            if(H == 0) //if the hour is 0
            {
                H = 12; // make the hour 12
            }
        }
        if(M < 10)
        {
        llInstantMessage(llDetectedKey(0),"The time is " + (string)H + ":" + "0" + (string)M + AP); //if the minutes is less than 10 add the extra 0 (so it doesn't say 1:3PM) for example
        }
        else
        {
             llInstantMessage(llDetectedKey(0),"The time is " + (string)H + ":" + (string)M + AP); // otherwise just say the time
        }
    }
}

The end result is basically the clicked object whispering like this: "The time is 8:29 AM PDT.".

That's great. I love when people don't just sit on their hands waiting for someone else to do everything for them.

One possible way of doing it could be:


// Mok Rau's real simple digital clock display script
//------------------------------------------------------
// Drop this script into a prim and touch it. The script
// will send a message visible only to the owner in the
// format "The time is 18:30 SLT".
// Oct/08

// Uncomment one of the two next sentences below to choose
// the display format: 24-h (23:30) 12-h or AM-PM (11:30pm)...
string sFormat = "24H"; // 24-hour format
//sformat = "AMP"; // 12-hour format with AM/PM

// Uncomment one of the two next sentences to choose between local
// simulator time or second life time
string sTimeZone = "SLT"; // Second Life Time
//sTimeZone = "LOC"; // Local time

default {
state_entry(){
llOwnerSay("Clock ready. Format "+sFormat+" "+sTimeZone);
}

touch_start(integer i){
float nTime = 0;

if (sTimeZone == "SLT"{
nTime = llGetWallclock();
}else{
nTime = llGetTimeOfDay();
}
integer iHour = (integer)(nTime / 3600);
integer iMin = (integer)(nTime / 60) % 60;
string sAmPm = "";
string sMin = (string)iMin;
if (iMin < 10){
sMin = "0" + sMin;
}
if (sFormat == "AMP"{
if (iHour >= 12){
iHour -= 12;
}
if (nTime > 43200){
sAmPm = "pm";
}else{
sAmPm = "am";
}
}
llInstantMessage(llDetectedKey(0),"The time is "+(string)iHour+":"+sMin+sAmPm+" "+sTimeZone);
}
}

Edit-- sorry to clutter. Went inworld to check the code and didn't notice the other replies...