Unity Script Reference – Time.realtimeSinceStartup

Time.realtimeSinceStartup

static var realtimeSinceStartup : float

Description

The real time in seconds since the game started (Read Only).

In almost all cases you can and should use Time.time instead.

realtimeSinceStartup returns the time since startup, not affected by Time.timeScale. realtimeSinceStartup also keeps increasing while the player is paused (in the background). Using realtimeSinceStartup is useful when you want to pause the game by setting Time.timeScale to zero, but still want to be able to measure time somehow.

Note that realtimeSinceStartup returns time as reported by system timer. Depending on the platform and the hardware, it may report the same time even in several consecutive frames. If you're dividing something by time difference, take this into account (time difference may become zero!).

JavaScript

    // Prints the real time since start up.
    print(Time.realtimeSinceStartup);

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    void Example() {
        print(Time.realtimeSinceStartup);
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    def Example():
        print(Time.realtimeSinceStartup)

Another example:

JavaScript

    // A FPS counter.
    // It calculates frames/second over each updateInterval,
    // so the display does not keep changing wildly.
     
    var updateInterval = 0.5;
    private var lastInterval : double; // Last interval end time
    private var frames = 0; // Frames over current interval
    private var fps : float; // Current FPS
    function Start() {
        lastInterval = Time.realtimeSinceStartup;
        frames = 0;
    }
    function OnGUI () {
        // Display label with two fractional digits
        GUILayout.Label("" + fps.ToString("f2"));
    } 
    function Update() {
        ++frames;
        var timeNow = Time.realtimeSinceStartup;
        if( timeNow > lastInterval + updateInterval )
        {
            fps = frames / (timeNow - lastInterval);
            frames = 0;
            lastInterval = timeNow;
        }
    }

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    public float updateInterval = 0.5F;
    private double lastInterval;
    private int frames = 0;
    private float fps;
    void Start() {
        lastInterval = Time.realtimeSinceStartup;
        frames = 0;
    }
    void OnGUI() {
        GUILayout.Label("" + fps.ToString("f2"));
    }
    void Update() {
        ++frames;
        float timeNow = Time.realtimeSinceStartup;
        if (timeNow > lastInterval + updateInterval) {
            fps = frames / (timeNow - lastInterval);
            frames = 0;
            lastInterval = timeNow;
        }
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    public updateInterval as single = 0.5F

    private lastInterval as double

    private frames as int = 0

    private fps as single

    def Start():
        lastInterval = Time.realtimeSinceStartup
        frames = 0

    def OnGUI():
        GUILayout.Label(('' + fps.ToString('f2')))

    def Update():
        ++frames
        timeNow as single = Time.realtimeSinceStartup
        if timeNow > (lastInterval + updateInterval):
            fps = (frames / (timeNow - lastInterval))
            frames = 0
            lastInterval = timeNow