--- A defines module for retrieving the number of ticks in 1 unit of time. -- Extends the Factorio defines table. -- @module defines.time -- @usage require('stdlib/defines/time') -- defines table is automatically required in all mod loading stages. -- luacheck: ignore 122/defines -- Ignore assigning to read only defines table. defines table is not read only, however -- marking it this way allows warnings to be generated when trying to assign values. defines = defines or {} --luacheck: ignore defines (This is used for testing locally) local SECOND = 60 local MINUTE = SECOND * 60 local HOUR = MINUTE * 60 local DAY = HOUR * 24 local WEEK = DAY * 7 local MONTH = DAY * 30 local YEAR = DAY * 365 --- Returns the number of ticks in a second, minute, hour, day, week, month, or year. -- @usage local ten_seconds = defines.time.second * 10 defines.time = { second = SECOND, -- the number of Factorio ticks in a second minute = MINUTE, -- the number of Factorio ticks in a second hour = HOUR, -- the number of Factorio ticks in an hour day = DAY, -- the number of Factorio ticks in an day week = WEEK, -- the number of Factorio ticks in a week month = MONTH, -- the number of Factorio ticks in a month (30 days) year = YEAR -- the number of Factorio ticks in a year (365 days) }