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Converting time

akawacz
Path Finder

Hi

How to convert below into readable format ?

41861.003287037
41855.001458333

I was trying this but did not work

strftime(strptime(Close"%m/%e/%Y %l:%M:%S %p"),"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

Regards

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try something like this (assuming this is excel date )

strftime((Close-25569)*86400 ,"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try something like this (assuming this is excel date )

strftime((Close-25569)*86400 ,"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
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akawacz
Path Finder

Hi

It worked thank you. Could you explain my why we substract 25569 and multiply by 86400

Thank you

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

The base for excel date time is 1/1/1900 and for epoch is 1/1/1970, the 25569 is the adjustment of dates (for 70 years). Multiplication by 86400 is to convert days into seconds (excel shows in days, epoch in seconds)

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akawacz
Path Finder

thank you so much

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

What do those numbers represent? They certainly are not time strings in the format shown in your strptime command.

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