localtime
| Format: localtime ( time ) |
Purpose: This function corrects for the main time zone and possible alternate (daylight savings) time zone for a time value. The time parameter must be an integer and is normally a value returned by caltime().
Return Values: Returns an object containing the broken down time. A broken down time object has the following fields:
| name | type | description | range |
|---|---|---|---|
| sec | integer | seconds after the minute | [0, 61] |
| min | integer | minutes after the hour | [0, 59] |
| hour | integer | hour since midnight | [0, 23] |
| mday | integer | day of the month | [1, 31] |
| mon | integer | months since January | [0, 11] |
| year | integer | year | |
| wday | integer | days since Sunday | [0, 6] |
| yday | integer | days since January 1 | [0, 365] |
| isdst | integer | flag for alternate daylight savings time | [0, 1, -1], 0=not in effect, 1=in effect, -1=information not available |
Example:
| resulting output: | |
<? localtime(caltime())> | (sec=27, min=51, hour=1, mday=13, mon=1, year=2026, wday=5, yday=43, isdst=0) |
<? gmtime(caltime())> | (sec=27, min=51, hour=1, mday=13, mon=1, year=2026, wday=5, yday=43, isdst=0) |
See Also: caltime(), difftime(), gmtime(), mktime(), strftime(), strptime().
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