Getting current time in milliseconds Cocos2d

Question

I\'ve tried to google around but I still can\'t find the best answer.

All I want is very simple, I just want to get the current time in milliseconds.

How can

Answer 1

Take the current time in seconds and multiply by 1000 go get number of milliseconds:

double ms = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent() * 1000.0;    

Answer 2

try this

time_t rawtime;
struct tm * timeinfo;
time (&rawtime);
timeinfo = localtime (&rawtime);

CCLog("year------->%04d",timeinfo->tm_year+1900);
CCLog("month------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_mon+1);
CCLog("day------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_mday);

CCLog("hour------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_hour);
CCLog("mintus------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_min);
CCLog("seconds------->%02d",timeinfo->tm_sec);

Answer 3

To get only milliseconds

NSDate* date = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter* formatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"ss"];

NSString* str = [formatter stringFromDate:date];

float seconds = str.intValue;

float miliSeconds = seconds / 1000; // HERE is your answer

If you want to get full time format replace

[formatter setDateFormat:@"hh:mm:ss"];

Answer 4

Why not convert the current time into a float value, then multiply the current time by 10^3 to convert it into milliseconds

Answer 5

First, a class variable:

CGFloat gameTime;

Then in your class initialize:

[self scheduleUpdate];

Finally, while still in your class:

- (void) update:(ccTime)delta {
    gameTime += delta;
}

delta is the milliseconds since the last call of update. Save gameTime somewhere in a database for lifetime gameTime.