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UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)

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{{LuaApi|group=Time}}
Converts a local date and time to a Unix timestamp.

<pre>
timestamp = GetTimeStamp(month, day, year, hour, minute)
</pre>

== Arguments ==
;month : <code>number</code> – Month, 1–12.
;day : <code>number</code> – Day of the month.
;year : <code>number</code> – Year, for example 2008.
;hour : <code>number</code> – Hour, 0–23.
;minute : <code>number</code> – Minute, 0–59.

== Returns ==
;timestamp : <code>number</code> – Seconds since 1 January 1970 (UTC) for that local date and time.

== Details ==
* The date and time are taken as the computer's local time. Seconds are always 0. The daylight-saving flag of the ''current'' local time is used for the conversion.
* All arguments are cut to whole numbers. <code>month</code>, <code>day</code>, <code>hour</code> and <code>minute</code> keep only their lowest 8 bits (0–255) and <code>year</code> its lowest 16 bits (0–65535).
* The values are not range-checked before the conversion.
* The result is returned as an unsigned 32-bit value.
* The function needs at least five arguments and only reads the last five.

== Errors ==
None besides the generic ''Invalid Parameters'' message when an argument is not a number.

== Example ==
From <code>ea_guildwindow/source/guildwindowtabcalendar.lua</code>:
<pre>
local paramTimeStamp = GetTimeStamp(month, day, year, 12, 0)
...
startTimeStamp = GetTimeStamp(data.startMonth, data.startDay, data.startYear, 0, 0)
endTimeStamp = GetTimeStamp(data.endMonth, data.endDay, data.endYear, 23, 59)
</pre>

== See also ==
* [[API:GetEpochTime|GetEpochTime]]
* [[API:GetTodaysDate|GetTodaysDate]]

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