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time (timeout object property)

Syntax

    timeoutObject.time

Description

Timeout object property; the system time, in milliseconds, when the next timeout event will be sent by the given `timeoutObject`.

Note that this is not the time until the next event, but the absolute time of the next timeout event.

Example

This handler determines the time remaining until the next timeout event will be sent by the timout object `Update` by calculating the difference between its `time` property and the current value of the milliseconds and displaying the result in the field Time Until:

    on prepareFrame
    	msBeforeUpdate = timeout("Update").time - the milliseconds
    	secondsBeforeUpdate = msBeforeUpdate / 1000
    	minutesBeforeUpdate = secondsBeforeUpdate / 60
    	member("Time Until").text = string(minutesBeforeUpdate) && "minutes before next \
    	timeout"
    end

See also

`milliseconds`, `period`, `persistent`, `target`, `timeout()`, `timeoutHandler`