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BlitzMax API

  • Introduction

BRL

    Audio

    • Introduction
    • TChannel
    • TSound

    AudioSample

    • Introduction
    • TAudioSample
    • TAudioSampleLoader

    Bank

    • Introduction
    • TBank

    BankStream

    • Introduction
    • TBankStream

    Base64

    • Introduction
    • TBase64

    Blitz

    • Introduction
    • TArrayBoundsException
    • TBlitzException
    • TIllegalArgumentException
    • TInvalidEnumException
    • TNullFunctionException
    • TNullMethodException
    • TNullObjectException
    • TOutOfDataException
    • TRuntimeException
    • IIterable
    • IIterator
    • ICloseable

    Clipboard

    • Introduction
    • TClipboard
    • TClipboardOpts
    • TWin32ClipboardOpts
    • TX11ClipboardOpts

    Color

    • Introduction
    • SColor8
  • BRL.D3D7Max2D
  • BRL.D3D9Max2D
  • BRL.DirectSoundAudio
  • BRL.EndianStream
  • Event

    • Introduction
    • TEvent
  • BRL.EventQueue
  • FileSystem

    • Introduction
    • IFileWalker
    • SFileAttributes
  • BRL.FreeAudioAudio
  • BRL.GLGraphics
  • BRL.GLMax2D
  • Glob

    • Introduction
    • EGlobOptions
    • TGlobIter
  • BRL.GNet
  • BRL.Graphics
  • BRL.Hook
  • IO

    • Introduction
    • MaxIO
  • BRL.KeyCodes
  • LinkedList

    • Introduction
    • TList
    • TListEnum
    • TLink

    Map

    • Introduction
    • TMap
  • BRL.Math
  • Max2D

    • Introduction
    • TImage

    MaxLua

    • Introduction
    • TLuaClass
    • TLuaObject

    MaxUnit

    • Introduction
    • TTest
    • TAssert
  • BRL.OGGLoader
  • BRL.OpenALAudio
  • Path

    • Introduction
    • TPath
    • IPathWalker
    • SPathAttributes
    • TPathDirIterator

    Pixmap

    • Introduction
    • TPixmap
    • TPixmapLoader
  • BRL.PolledInput
  • BRL.RamStream
  • Random

    • Introduction
    • TRandomDefault

    RectPacker

    • Introduction
    • EPackingMethod
    • SPackedRect
    • TPackedSheet
    • TRectPacker

    Reflection

    • Introduction
    • TTypeId
    • TMember
    • TConstant
    • TField
    • TGlobal
    • TFunction
    • TMethod
  • BRL.Retro
  • BRL.Socket
  • BRL.SocketStream
  • BRL.StandardIO
  • Stream

    • Introduction
    • TCStream
    • TIO
    • TStream
    • TStreamException
    • TStreamFactory
    • TStreamReadException
    • TStreamWrapper
    • TStreamWriteException

    StringBuilder

    • Introduction
    • TStringBuilder
    • TSplitBuffer
  • BRL.System
  • BRL.SystemDefault
  • BRL.TextStream
  • ThreadPool

    • Introduction
    • TRunnable
    • TThreadPoolExecutor

    Threads

    • Introduction
    • TThread
    • TThreadData
    • TMutex
    • TSemaphore
    • TCondVar

    Time

    • Introduction
    • ETimeUnit
    • TTimeoutException

    Timer

    • Introduction
    • TChrono
  • BRL.TimerDefault
  • Volumes

    • Introduction
    • TVolume
  • BRL.WAVLoader

Pub

  • Pub.FreeJoy
  • Pub.FreeProcess
  • Pub.Glad
  • Pub.Glew
  • Joystick

    • Introduction
    • TJoystickDriver
  • Pub.Lua
  • Pub.OpenAL
  • Pub.OpenGLES
  • StdC

    • Introduction
    • SDateTime
  • Pub.xmmintrin

Collections

    IntMap

    • Introduction
    • TIntMap

    ObjectList

    • Introduction
    • TObjectList
    • TObjectListEnumerator
    • TObjectListReverseEnumerator

    ObjectMap

    • Introduction
    • TObjectMap

    PtrMap

    • Introduction
    • TPtrMap

    StringMap

    • Introduction
    • TStringMap

Crypto

    Digest

    • Introduction
    • TMessageDigest
    • TDigestRegister

    Cipher

    • Introduction
    • TCipher
    • TCipherMode
    • Crypto.AESCipher
    • Crypto.AnubisCipher
    • Crypto.BlowfishCipher
    • Crypto.CamelliaCipher
    • Crypto.Cast5Cipher
    • Crypto.DESCipher
    • Crypto.IdeaCipher
    • Crypto.KasumiCipher
    • Crypto.KhazadCipher
    • Crypto.KSeedCipher
    • Crypto.NoekeonCipher
    • Crypto.SerpentCipher
    • Crypto.SkipjackCipher
    • Crypto.TwofishCipher
    • Crypto.XTeaCipher

    CBCMode

    • Introduction
    • TCBCCipherMode

    CFBMode

    • Introduction
    • TCFBCipherMode

    CTRMode

    • Introduction
    • TCTRCipherMode

    ECBMode

    • Introduction
    • TECBCipherMode

    F8Mode

    • Introduction
    • TF8CipherMode

    LRWMode

    • Introduction
    • TLRWCipherMode

    OFBMode

    • Introduction
    • TOFBCipherMode

    XTSMode

    • Introduction
    • TXTSCipherMode

    Blake2BDigest

    • Introduction
    • TBlake2B_512
    • TBlake2B_384
    • TBlake2B_256
    • TBlake2B_160

    CRC32

    • Introduction
    • TCRC32

    MD5Digest

    • Introduction
    • TMD5

    Ripemd320Digest

    • Introduction
    • TRipemd320

    Ripemd356Digest

    • Introduction
    • TRipemd256

    Ripemd160Digest

    • Introduction
    • TRipemd160

    Ripemd128Digest

    • Introduction
    • TRipemd128

    SHA1Digest

    • Introduction
    • TSHA1

    SHA256Digest

    • Introduction
    • TSHA256

    SHA512Digest

    • Introduction
    • TSHA512

    SHA3Digest

    • Introduction
    • TSHA3_512
    • TSHA3_384
    • TSHA3_256
    • TSHA3_224

    TigerDigest

    • Introduction
    • TTiger

    WhirlpoolDigest

    • Introduction
    • TWhirlpool

    Crypto

    • Introduction
    • TCryptoRandom
    • TCryptoSecretBox
    • TCryptoHash
    • TCryptoSign
    • TCryptoKeyExchange
    • TCryptoKey
    • TCryptoHashKey
    • TCryptoSecretBoxKey
    • TCryptoSignature
    • TCryptoExchangeKeyPair
    • TCryptoSessionKeyPair
    • TCryptoNPacket
    • TCryptoKK1Packet
    • TCryptoKK2Packet
    • TCryptoXX1Packet
    • TCryptoXX2Packet
    • TCryptoXX3Packet
    • TCryptoExchangeState
    • TCryptoPWHashMasterKey
    • TCryptoPWHashStoredKey
    • TCryptoPasswordHash

Math

    Matrix

    • Introduction
    • SMat2D
    • SMat2F
    • SMat2I
    • SMat3D
    • SMat3F
    • SMat3I
    • SMat4D
    • SMat4F
    • SMat4I

    Quaternion

    • Introduction
    • SQuatD
    • SQuatF
    • SQuatI

    Vector

    • Introduction
    • SVec2D
    • SVec2F
    • SVec2I
    • SVec3D
    • SVec3F
    • SVec3I
    • SVec4D
    • SVec4F
    • SVec4I

MaxGUI

  • MaxGUI.MaxGUI
  • MaxGUI.Drivers
  • MaxGUI.Localization
  • MaxGUI.ProxyGadgets
  • MaxGUI.CocoaMaxGUI
  • MaxGUI.Win32MaxGUIEx

Random

    Core

    • Introduction
    • TRandom
  • Random.PRVHASH
  • Random.Secure
  • SFMT

    • Introduction
    • TSFMTRandom
  • Random.Squares
  • Random.Xoshiro

SDL

    SDL

    • Introduction
    • TSDLStream

    SDLSystem

    • Introduction
    • TSDLMultiGesture

    SDLVideo

    • Introduction
    • TSDLDisplay
    • TSDLGLContext
    • TSDLWindow

    SDLRender

    • Introduction
    • TSDLRenderer
    • TSDLTexture

    SDLTimer

    • Introduction
    • TSDLTimer

    SDLHaptic

    • Introduction
    • TSDLHaptic
    • TSDLHapticCondition
    • TSDLHapticConstant
    • TSDLHapticCustom
    • TSDLHapticDirection
    • TSDLHapticEffect
    • TSDLHapticLeftRight
    • TSDLHapticPeriodic
    • TSDLHapticRamp

    SDLSensor

    • Introduction
    • TSDLSensor
  • SDL.SDLFreeAudio
  • SDL.GLSDLMax2D
  • SDL.GL2SDLMax2D
  • SDL.D3D9SDLMax2D
  • SDLVirtualJoystick

    • Introduction
    • TVirtualJoystick

Steam

    SteamSDK

    • Introduction
    • TSteamClient
    • TSteamUtils
    • TSteamUserStats
    • TSteamFriends
    • TSteamUGC
    • ISteamFriendsListener
    • ISteamUGCListener
    • ISteamUserStatsListener
    • ISteamUtilsListener
    • EItemPreviewType
    • EPersonaChange
    • EPersonaState
    • ERemoteStoragePublishedFileVisibility
    • EUGCMatchingUGCType
    • EUGCQuery
    • EUserRestriction
    • EUserUGCList
    • EWorkshopFileType

Text

    CP932Encoding

    • Text.CP932Encoding

    CSV

    • Introduction
    • TCsvParser
    • TCsvHeader
    • TCsvRow
    • TCsvOptions
    • SCsvColumn

    Encoding

    • Text.Encoding

    Format

    • Introduction
    • TFormatter

    Graphviz

    • Introduction
    • TGVGraphviz
    • TAGraph

    Ini

    • Introduction
    • TIni
    • TIniProperty
    • TIniSection

    JConv

    • Introduction
    • TJConv
    • TJConvBuilder
    • TJConvSerializer

    Json

    • Introduction
    • TJSON
    • TJSONObject
    • TJSONString
    • TJSONInteger
    • TJSONReal
    • TJSONBool
    • TJSONArray
    • TJSONNull
    • TJSONError
    • TJSONNumber

    Markdown

    • Introduction
    • TMarkdown
    • IMDRenderer

    Pikchr

    • Introduction
    • EPikChrFlags

    Regex

    • Introduction
    • TRegEx
    • TRegExMatch
    • TRegExOptions
    • TRegExException

    TOML

    • Introduction
    • ETomlNodeType
    • TToml
    • ITomlNode
    • STomlDate
    • STomlDateTime
    • STomlTime
    • TTomlArray
    • TTomlInteger
    • TTomlString
    • TTomlTable
    • TTomlBoolean

    Xml

    • Introduction
    • TxmlDoc
    • TxmlNode
    • TxmlAttribute
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Pub.StdC

Structs

StructDescription
SDateTimeA basic DateTime struct.

Enums

EnumDescription
EWeekdayEnumeration for the days of the week.
EShortWeekdayEnumeration for the abbreviated days of the week.

Functions

Function CurrentDateTime(dt:SDateTime Var, utc:Int = True)

Returns the current date and time.


Function CurrentUnixTime:ULong()

Returns the current Unix time in milliseconds.

The Unix time is a system for describing a point in time, defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970, minus the number of leap seconds.


Function WeekDayToShortWeekday:EShortWeekday(day:EWeekday)

Converts an EWeekday value to its corresponding EShortWeekday value.

Returns

The corresponding EShortWeekday value.


Function ShortWeekdayToWeekDay:EWeekday(shortDay:EShortWeekday)

Converts an EShortWeekday value to its corresponding EWeekday value.

Returns

The corresponding EWeekday value.


Function CurrentDate:String(_format:String="%d <i>b</i> <i>Y</i>")

Gets the current date string.

By default, it returns the current date in the format: DD MON YYYY (i.e. 10 DEC 2000). You can also specify some parameters to return the date in a format of your choice:

parameterdescription
%%aAbbreviated day name (sun - mon).
%%ALong day name (Sunday - Monday).
%%bAbbreviated month name (jan - feb).
%%BLong month name (January...).
%%cLocale date & time.
%%dday - in number (1..31).
%%Hhour - in number (0..23).
%%Ihour - in number (1..12).
%%jday of the year (1..366).
%%mmonth - in number (1..12).
%%Mminutes - in number (00..59).
%%PAM / PM.
%%Sseconds - in number (00..59).
%%Uweek number
%%wday of the week (0..6).
%%Wweek of the year (0..53).
%%xlocale data representation.
%%yyear without century (2014 --> 14).
%%YYear (2014).
%%ZTime zone name.

You can use these parameters together:
CurrentDate("Month: %%a Day: %%d")

Returns

The current date as a string


Function CurrentTime:String()

Gets the current time string.

Returns the current time in the format: HH:MM:SS (i.e. 14:31:57).

Returns

The current time as a string


← Pub.OpenGLESSDateTime →
  • Structs
  • Enums
  • Functions
    • Function CurrentDateTime(dt:SDateTime Var, utc:Int = True)
    • Function CurrentUnixTime:ULong()
    • Function WeekDayToShortWeekday:EShortWeekday(day:EWeekday)
    • Function ShortWeekdayToWeekDay:EWeekday(shortDay:EShortWeekday)
    • Function CurrentDate:String(_format:String="%d <i>b</i> <i>Y</i>")
    • Function CurrentTime:String()
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