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Description:: Real time in seconds spent from the start of the game. On Windows the command uses timeGetTime.
Groups:: Diagnostic Time

Example 1:: // Measure execution time of a script _start = diag_tickTime; // code _stop = diag_tickTime; diag_log format ["%1",_stop - _start];

See also:: diag_fps diag_fpsMin diag_frameNo diag_log diag_deltaTime time systemTime systemTimeUTC

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: Posted on 25 Jan, 2014
Killzone_Kid: This command will return time since last client restart as float. However because of Number format used in Arma, the more time has past since restart the less precise the returned value will be.

DreadedEntity - c: Posted on Apr 13, 2022 - 23:20 (UTC)
: This command keeps incrementing if the player has paused the game, even in singleplayer. If time spent paused should not be considered, use time

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 |gr2= Time
-|descr= Real time in seconds spent from the start of the game. On Windows the command uses [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/timeapi/nf-timeapi-timegettime timeGetTime].
+|descr= Real time in seconds spent from the start of the game. On Windows the command uses {{Link|https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/timeapi/nf-timeapi-timegettime|timeGetTime}}.
 |s1= [[diag_tickTime]]
-|r1= [[Number]] - Time in seconds from game start
+|r1= [[Number]] - time in seconds from game start
-|x1= <code>// Measure execution time of a script
+|x1= <sqf>
-_start = [[diag_tickTime]];
+// Measure execution time of a script
+_start = diag_tickTime;
 // code
-_stop = [[diag_tickTime]];
+_stop = diag_tickTime;
-[[diag_log]] [[format]] ["%1",_stop - _start];</code>
+diag_log format ["%1",_stop - _start];
+</sqf>
 |seealso= [[diag_fps]] [[diag_fpsMin]] [[diag_frameNo]] [[diag_log]] [[diag_deltaTime]] [[time]] [[systemTime]] [[systemTimeUTC]]