Epoch time to timestamp

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Hey guys,

I’m getting an epoch time from a REST API, how do I convert that to a regular timestamp?

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You want the timestamp filters, for example:

{{ 1537607983 | timestamp_local }}

Replace the number with whatever holds the time.

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So basically, a “regular timestamp” is an epoch time. The only thing you might have to do is convert it to a float or int if it’s represented as a string from the REST API.

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Basically every time in linux as a whole is epoch time.

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Mine wasn’t working earlier because the time returned was not seconds from epoch, but actually milliseconds from epoch. To solve this I did:

value_template: "{{ value_json['message']['list'][0]['prices']['U91']['updated'] | multiply(0.001) | round(0) | timestamp_local }}"

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THANK you!! I’ve been going in circles trying to figure out why my media player timestamp was 3 digits longer than a standard epoch, trying int / float conversions etc etc

multiply(0.001)

This wins!! Thanks again! :slight_smile: