Lua Misc API Reference for Realtime Apps
Time
Description
This function will return a 17 digit precision Unix epoch.
The timetoken is constructed using the following algorithm:
timetoken = (Unix epoch time in seconds) * 10000000
Example of creating a timetoken for a specific time and date
08/19/2013 @ 9:20pm in UTC = 1376961606
timetoken = 1376961606 * 10000000
timetoken = 13769616060000000
Method(s)
To fetch Time
you can use the following method(s) in Lua SDK:
pubnub_obj:time(callback)
Parameter Type Required Description callback
function Yes Callback function to call with the received time (token).
Basic Usage
pubnub_obj:time(function(t)
textout("Got timetoken: " .. t)
end)