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How to convert date to epoch?

Shakira1
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I have this date string example: Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

how can I convert it to epoch

 

thanks!

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strptime() will convert strings to epoch times

| eval _time=strptime(time,"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z")

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Shakira1
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thank you, its working!

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strptime() will convert strings to epoch times

| eval _time=strptime(time,"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z")
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