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Returns a monotonic timestamp in seconds, with millisecond precision.

seconds = GetTimePreciseSec()

Returns

seconds

number - The number of seconds that have elapsed since this timer was started.

Details

• The first call to this function will always return zero. Subsequent calls will return the number of seconds that have elapsed since the first call until the client is restarted.
• Unlike GetTime(), the value returned by this function is not cached once per frame and may change on each call.

Example

print("Start time:", GetTimePreciseSec());

for _ = 1, 2^26 do
    -- Busy loop to make some time pass.
end

print("End time:", GetTimePreciseSec());

> "Start time:", 0
> "End time:", 0.3624231

See also

• GetTime()