to unix seconds

This block is part of the date group and was last modified in core v15.0.0.

to unix seconds number v15.0.0

Converts a date, date string, or epoch timestamp to a Unix timestamp in SECONDS : the unit the platform's date fields store. Numbers (and numeric strings) are detected by size: values of 100000000000 (11 digits, March 1973) and above are read as milliseconds and divided, smaller values pass through as seconds; fractional seconds are floored. Pre-1973 millisecond values are outside the detection range : convert those by hand. Anything non-numeric is parsed like every other date pin, in the entity timezone.

In pins 1

date required
date
A date object, date string, or epoch timestamp in seconds or milliseconds.

Out pins 2

unix seconds
number
The Unix timestamp in seconds. 0 when the input could not be read as a date.
valid
condition
False when the input was empty, zero, or unparseable : branch on this rather than trusting a 0.

unix timestamp

epoch seconds

milliseconds to seconds

normalize timestamp

A typical wiring for to unix seconds: date now feeds the date pin; the number out pin feeds cast to value.

Version history

Introduced in v15.0.0.

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