how to display date and time on the simulator

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Hi all,

I am trying to display the date and time on the semulator.

How will I do that?

I have used the print function and it worked fine for me.

Seng Keat

#2

Hi Seng,

You can use the display.newText() API for this, providing the same content as you give to the print statement. Here is the documentation:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/display/newText.html

Regards,

Brent Sorrentino

#3

Hi Bren,

thanks you for your time to reply my question - now i am working on it some how if i got any error i will let u know,

Regards,

Seng Keat

#4

Hi Bren,

pls help me to look at this code,

i got an error with it

local date = os.date("*t");

local showdate = display.newText(“date.year,date.month”, 0,0,native.systemFontBold,26);

local Date = display.newText(“hello world”, 0, 0, native.systemFontBold,46);

Date:setTextColor(255,255,255);

i want to display date on the simulator but can not,

can u tell me what’s wrong with it?\

Keat

#5

Hi Keat,

By putting the value in quotes like this:

[lua]

“date.year,date.month”

[/lua]

You’re telling Corona to display that literal string, not the variable value. It should be like this:

[lua]

local date = os.date("*t");

local dy = date.year…", "…date.month;

local showdate = display.newText( dy, 0,0,native.systemFontBold,26 );

[/lua]

Brent

#6

Hi Brent,

thanks you again for your quick respond - 

I just test it and it works out - 

Sincerly,

Keat

#7

Hi Seng,

You can use the display.newText() API for this, providing the same content as you give to the print statement. Here is the documentation:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/display/newText.html

Regards,

Brent Sorrentino

#8

Hi Bren,

thanks you for your time to reply my question - now i am working on it some how if i got any error i will let u know,

Regards,

Seng Keat

#9

Hi Bren,

pls help me to look at this code,

i got an error with it

local date = os.date("*t");

local showdate = display.newText(“date.year,date.month”, 0,0,native.systemFontBold,26);

local Date = display.newText(“hello world”, 0, 0, native.systemFontBold,46);

Date:setTextColor(255,255,255);

i want to display date on the simulator but can not,

can u tell me what’s wrong with it?\

Keat

#10

Hi Keat,

By putting the value in quotes like this:

[lua]

“date.year,date.month”

[/lua]

You’re telling Corona to display that literal string, not the variable value. It should be like this:

[lua]

local date = os.date("*t");

local dy = date.year…", "…date.month;

local showdate = display.newText( dy, 0,0,native.systemFontBold,26 );

[/lua]

Brent

#11

Hi Brent,

thanks you again for your quick respond - 

I just test it and it works out - 

Sincerly,

Keat