/// Global Variables

//SimpleDateFormat stampFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss");
//TimeZone stampTimeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
//stampFormat.setTimeZone(stampTimeZone);
int liveModeDuration = 5;

// Standard Java fails:
Date timeLapseRecent = new Date();
int ageLapseRecent = int(timeLapseRecent.getTime()/1000);
// Messy workaround: This produces no Unix Epoch Timestamp, but at least a dirty timestamp, relative to the beginning of the current month, which helped back then to realise my project, which only had to ran in exhibition for a few weeks and hence it was enough.
//int ageLapseRecent = (month()*30*24*60*60)+(day()*24*60*60)+(hour()*60*60)+(minute()*60)+(second()*1);


/// Setup Function

void setup() {
  size(200, 200);
  background(0);
  loop(); // noLoop() or loop()
  frameRate(1);
}

/// Main Loop

void draw() {
  // Standard Java fails:
  // int devNull = second(); // Pseudo query to a Processing core timing function, maybe this refreshes the Standard Java Date() object functionality. No, sadly not!
  Date timeNow = new Date();
  int ageNow = int(timeNow.getTime()/1000);
  // Messy workaround:
  // int ageNow = (month()*30*24*60*60)+(day()*24*60*60)+(hour()*60*60)+(minute()*60)+(second()*1);

  int timeDuration = ageNow - ageLapseRecent;
  println("Last Time Lapse: " + ageLapseRecent + ". Now: " + ageNow +  ". Time since last TimeLapse: " + timeDuration);
  if (timeDuration >= liveModeDuration) {
    ageLapseRecent = ageNow;
    println("Simulation: Live Mode is over, switching to Time Lapse Mode.");
  }
}