Historical signature: GetShardCreatedTimestamp(ShardID)
Parameter and behavior details in the historical explanation are under review against the current implementation.
Function: GetShardCreatedTimestamp(ShardID)
Description:
Returns the Unix timestamp (or similar) of when the spirit shard was created (i.e., the time of the player’s death that generated it).
Parameters:
npc (Spawn) - Spawn object representing npc.
Returns: UInt32 timestamp of the creation time of the shard.
Checked example
Active call in a local runtime Lua script. Argument count matches current fixed C++ readers. This is a contextual call pattern, not a tested standalone script.
local timestamp = GetShardCreatedTimestamp(NPC)
Evidence: server/SpawnScripts/Generic/SpiritShard.lua:46; binding EQ2Emu_lua_GetShardCreatedTimestamp.
Current registration: WorldServer/Lua/LuaInterface.cpp. Historical explanation: EQ2Emu Lua documentation.