String to hex, hex to rgba?

I have a (hopefully) simple question. In my script I have the hours, minutes, and secods displayed like this:
#145723 Currently this is just a multiple varialbes stringed together. I want to be able to convert the string, this is: hours + zerogap1 + minutes + zerogap2 + seconds the zerogap making it not '2' but '02' if the seconds/minutes are under 10, to a real hex value and then that hex value to an RGBA value. This RGBA value is going to set a materials color.

To make that easier to understand, I am recreating the Hex Clock in Unity: http://www.jacopocolo.com/hexclock/

EDIT: is this possible in C#?

Thanks,
Dream

 

To make a number which is < 10 show as 2 digits:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/how-to-pad-a-number-with-leading-zeros

According to the documentation it would appear like so:

Code (CSharp):

1. int someInt = 7;
2. string result = someInt.ToString("D2");
3.  
4. Debug.Log(result);
5. // Should print "07"

Would ensure that the number always consists of at least 2 digits. 01 instead of 1 for example.

As for the rest Im not too sure what youre asking.

 

A quick look at that website's source code shows:

Code (JavaScript):

1. function refreshData()
2. {
3.     x = 1;  // x = seconds
4.      var d = new Date()
5.      var h = d.getHours();
6.      var m = d.getMinutes();
7.      var s = d.getSeconds();
8.    
9.      if (h<=9) {h = '0'+h};
10.      if (m<=9) {m = '0'+m};
11.     if (s<=9) {s = '0'+s};
12.  
13.      var    color = '#'+h+m+s;
14.    
15.     $("div.background").css("background-color", color );
16.     $("p#hex").text(color);
17.    
18.     setTimeout(refreshData, x*1000);
19. }

This can be simplified using the DateTime class, and a string format parameter:

Code (CSharp):

1. string color = "#" + DateTime.Now.ToString("HHmmss");
2. Debug.Log(color);
3. Color c;
4. ColorUtility.TryParseHtmlString(color, out c);
5. Camera.main.backgroundColor = c; // use the color

 

Thanks for the code!

It works perfectly! Thanks!

Dream.

 

That works really well. Thanks!
Dream.