pymel.core.animation.currentTime¶

currentTime(*args, **kwargs)¶

When given a time argument (with or without the -edit flag) this command sets the current global time. The model updates and displays at the new time, unless -update offis present on the command line.

Modifications:

• if no args are provided, the command returns the current time

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
update / u		bool
	change the current time, but do not update the world. Default value is true. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.currentTime

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Query the current time
#
pm.currentTime( query=True )
# Result: 1.0 #

# Change the current time to "30" in current time units
#
pm.currentTime( 30, edit=True )
# Result: 30.0 #
pm.currentTime( 30 )
# Result: 30.0 #

# Change the current time to 2 seconds
#
pm.currentTime( '2sec', edit=True )
# Result: 48.0 #

# Change the current time, but do not cause the model
# to update.
#
pm.currentTime( -10, update=False, edit=True )
# Result: -10.0 #