convertTimeToEpoch

The convertTimeToEpoch task converts a date/timestamp to Epoch Time — the number of seconds (or milliseconds) elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT).

Potential use case

Use this task when a workflow needs to provide an input timestamp to a downstream interface or system that requires Epoch Time format.

Properties

Example 1

In this example:

• The inputTime variable comes from the getTime reference task. The reference variable is time.
• The EpochFormat is set to Seconds.
• The output epochTime will be the inputTime value expressed in seconds since January 1, 1970.

Example 2

In this example:

• The inputTime variable comes from the getTime reference task. The reference variable is time.
• The EpochFormat is set to Milliseconds.
• The output epochTime will be the inputTime value expressed in milliseconds since January 1, 1970.

Manual reference variable entry

To enter the inputTime object manually, use the Year-Month-Date-Time format (yyyy-MM-dd 'T' HH:mm:ss.SSSZ):

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{"time": "2021-02-26T15:00:00.000Z"}

This displays as:

2021-02-25 03:00.00