Best way to get player's playing time

Is there an easy way to receive the player's playing time or will I have to create my own timers, etc?

The most obvious way would be to count up in seconds (or minutes) and stop it when the player logs off, but surely there's a better way?

 

Jozeth
Save current millis when the player joins.
Get current millis when the player leaves.
Compare the two.
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Jozeth You could use that System.currentTime-something method when they log in to mark their starttime.
Then compare that to the time when they logout or when the information is called and calculate the time inbetween.

 

By default, make each user's play-time 0.

When a user logs in, save their start time using System.currentTimeMillis() and when the user logs off, save their end time with System.currentTimeMillis(). Subtract end from start time and add it to their total play-time.

 

Or you could just use the playtime statistic that the server tracks for you...

 

Guessing the "PLAY_ONE_TICK" is it?

 

Yes, that's exactly it. Just divide it to your preferred unit of measurement and you're good to go.