convertEpochToObject (time)

Task Purpose

The convertEpochToObject task converts an Epoch timestamp into a date string with a specified time/date format.

Potential Use Case

Let's say you have a northbound system that is only capable of providing an Epoch timestamp. The convertEpochToObject task allows you to convert it into a human-readable timestamp for log files or other event records.

Properties

Input and output properties are shown below.

Input Variables

Output Variables

Example 1

In this IAP example:

• The epoch variable is provided by the output of the reference task convertTimeToEpoch, which is located located elsewhere in the workflow.

  Note: The convertTimeToEpoch task was used only to simulate an incoming Epoch timestamp for this example.

• The reference variable provided by the convertTimeToEpoch task is epochTime.

• The EpochFormat variable is set to Seconds.

• The newFormatString variable is set to LLL, which is the momentum.js locale format for Month name, day of month, year, time.

• For this example, the convertedTime produced upon output will be the value of the epoch timestamp presented in a human-readable format.

  

Example 2

In this IAP example:

• The epoch variable is provided by the output of the reference task convertTimeToEpoch, which is located located elsewhere in the workflow.

  Note: The convertTimeToEpoch task was used only to simulate an incoming Epoch timestamp for this example.

• The reference variable provided by the convertTimeToEpoch task is epochTime.

• The EpochFormat variable is set to Seconds.

• The newFormatString property is set to DD-MMM-YY hh:mm a, which is a date time format for Day-Month-Year hour:min am/pm.

• For this example, the convertedTime produced upon output will be the value of the epoch timestamp presented in a human-readable format.

  

Example 3

In this IAP example:

• The epoch property is statically set to the number 1591045860.

• The EpochFormat property is set to Seconds.

• The newFormatString property is set to DD-MMM-YY hh:mm a, which is a date time format for Day-Month-Year hour:min am/pm.

• For this example, the convertedTime produced upon output will be the value of the epoch timestamp presented in a human-readable format. In this case the converted timestamp will be 01-Jun-20 09:11 pm.