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greengiant83
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‎06-06-2012 09:23 AM

How to get current time or unique id

How can I get a unique string to use to bypass caching. Is there a way to get the current time on the Roku?
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RokuChris
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‎06-06-2012 09:48 AM

Re: How to get current time or unique id

http://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/RokuSDKv43/ifDateTime

dt = CreateObject("roDateTime")
cachebuster = dt.AsSeconds().ToStr()
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