Getting current time in milliseconds Cocos2d

Question

I've tried to google around but I still can't find the best answer.

All I want is very simple, I just want to get the current time in milliseconds.

How can I do that in cocos2d?

I think this has been discussed here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/889380/how-can-i-get-a-precise-time-for-example-in-milliseconds-in-objective-c — , Aug 11 '11 at 15:14
Or here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/358207/iphone-how-to-get-current-milliseconds — Yannick Loriot, Aug 14 '11 at 18:46

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 12 '13 at 20:39

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First, a class variable:

CGFloat gameTime;

Then in your class initialize:

[self scheduleUpdate];

Finally, while still in your class:

- (void) update:(ccTime)delta {
    gameTime += delta;
}

delta is the milliseconds since the last call of update. Save gameTime somewhere in a database for lifetime gameTime.

edited Dec 12 '13 at 20:39

Kheldar

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answered Aug 17 '11 at 07:21

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 07 '14 at 14:32

try this

time_t rawtime;
struct tm * timeinfo;
time (&rawtime);
timeinfo = localtime (&rawtime);

CCLog("year------->%04d",timeinfo->tm_year+1900);
CCLog("month------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_mon+1);
CCLog("day------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_mday);

CCLog("hour------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_hour);
CCLog("mintus------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_min);
CCLog("seconds------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_sec);

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 11 '11 at 14:58

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Why not convert the current time into a float value, then multiply the current time by 10^3 to convert it into milliseconds

answered Aug 11 '11 at 14:58

rich

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 06 '12 at 18:07

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To get only milliseconds

NSDate* date = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter* formatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"ss"];

NSString* str = [formatter stringFromDate:date];

float seconds = str.intValue;

float miliSeconds = seconds / 1000; // HERE is your answer

If you want to get full time format replace

[formatter setDateFormat:@"hh:mm:ss"];

edited Oct 06 '12 at 18:07

matthias krull

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answered Oct 06 '12 at 17:30

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 24 '13 at 23:02

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Take the current time in seconds and multiply by 1000 go get number of milliseconds:

double ms = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent() * 1000.0;

answered Jan 24 '13 at 23:02

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Getting current time in milliseconds Cocos2d

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