tick

Seconds elapsed since the VM started (a monotonic timer, not the Unix epoch).

Syntax

tick() -> number

This function takes no parameters.

Type	Description
`number`	Number

tick is part of the Core functions library. Core globals are installed in every executor thread and drive output, scheduling and identity.

The operation is performed immediately using the arguments supplied at the call site.

local started = tick()
wait(0.1)
print(tick() - started)