Time#

Information about the controller’s clock is available in the time namespace. In trigger action scripts the time namespace is added directly to the environment; in IO modules it is in the controller namespace, i.e. controller.time.

Properties#

The time namespace has the following properties:

Property

Value Type

Value Example

is_dst

boolean

true

gmt_offset

integer (minutes)
-300
300 Minutes (5 hours) behind

Functions#

The time namespace has the following functions, which each return a DateTime object:

  • get_current_time()

  • get_sunrise()

  • get_sunset()

  • get_civil_dawn()

  • get_civil_dusk()

  • get_nautical_dawn()

  • get_nautical_dusk()

  • get_new_moon()

  • get_first_quarter()

  • get_full_moon()

  • get_third_quarter()

For example:

current_hour = time.get_current_time().hour