Question Check if time has reached certain hour

Hi, how do I check if the system time has reached like 2 pm? Then the aysr should get gold or something.

 

You can get DateTime.Now to get the current time. You can also use DateTime to create some time to compare to, for example 2 pm. The compared value would then be smaller than 0 before the desired time and larger after it. As soon as it's larger, give out gold and use a flag to prevent this from happening twice a day.

Code (CSharp):

1. using System;
2.  
3. // Flag
4. bool openForReward = True;
5.  
6. // Set up time comparison
7. DateTime currentTime = DateTime.Now;
8. DateTime targetTime = DateTime.Today.AddHours(14); // 2 pm
9. int timeCompare = DateTime.Compare(currentTime, targetTime);
10.  
11. // Reward Check
12. if (timeCompare > 0 && openForReward) {
13.     Debug.Log("The current time is later than 2 PM.");
14.     // TODO: give out coins
15.     openForReward=False;
16. }
17.  

Once the player is eligible for another reward (likely midnight), set the flag again.

 

It's worth noting that this is not reliable, because the user can set local time to whatever they want. If you're rewarding users with something valuable you need to supply the time value from a server, or simply evaluate the passage of time on a server, and grant a reward there.

 

Absolutely correct, if you care about cheat prevention. OP asked about just that in their previous thread. So if somebody stumbles upon this, it's probably a thread worth reading aswell.

 

Sure, you can create a separate time system instead of relying on "System.DateTime." For example, you can store the time data in Playerprefs. This way, instead of counting days based on "System.DateTime," you can track the usage hours based on the Playerprefs data.