ESODecoded

GetTimeString

ESO Lua API function — used by 99 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 17,459,717 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

GetTimeString()

Returns: string currentTimeString

Real usage — from LibCombat

		self.date = GetTimeStamp()
		self.time = GetTimeString()
		self.zone = GetPlayerActiveZoneName()

Short excerpt from the shipping addon LibCombatits ESOUI page; the code belongs to its author. Shown because documentation without a working example is half a reference.

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