Puppet Function: stdlib::time

Defined in:
functions/time.pp
Function type:
Puppet Language

Summary

This function is deprecated. It implements the functionality of the original non-namespaced stdlib `time` function.

Overview

stdlib::time(Optional[String] $_timezone = undef) ⇒ Integer

It is provided for compatability, but users should use the native time related functions directly.

Parameters:

  • _timezone (Optional[String]) (defaults to: undef) —

    This parameter doesn’t do anything, but exists for compatability reasons

Returns:

  • (Integer) 


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# File 'functions/time.pp', line 7

function stdlib::time(Optional[String] $_timezone = undef) >> Integer {
  # Note the `timezone` parameter doesn't do anything and didn't in the ruby implementation for _years_ (pre 1.8.7 perhaps ???)
  deprecation('time', 'The stdlib `time` function is deprecated. Please direcly use native Puppet functionality instead. eg. `Integer(Timestamp().strftime(\'%s\'))`', false)
  Integer(Timestamp().strftime('%s'))
}