# time var (world)

Source: https://ref.dm-lang.org/world/var/time

This gives the amount of time (in 1/10 seconds) that the world has been running. In actual fact, it is the number of server ticks that have passed multiplied by world.tick_lag. Therefore if the server sleeps (when no players are connected) this time is not counted. Also, if the server runs overtime during a tick (because procs take longer than tick_lag to finish) this still only counts as one tick. This value is therefore a measure of "game time" rather than real time.

### See also
- [realtime var (world)](https://ref.dm-lang.org/world/var/realtime.md)
- [tick_lag var (world)](https://ref.dm-lang.org/world/var/tick_lag.md)