Is there an easy way to convert the default time stamp to epoch time?

[sherman]

Hello,

I am trying to convert the default time stamp for my events to epoch time, but for that it seems that I have to concatenate date_month, date_year, date_mday, date_hour etc... to a single string and then use the strptime function:

eval t=date_month+","+date_mday+","+date_year+" " +date_hour+":"+date_minute+":"+date_second

and then pipe it to:

eval d=strptime(t,"%b,%d,%Y %H:%M:%S")

is there an easier or faster way to do that?

[hexx · Accepted solution]

Indeed there is a simpler way. Try:

eval t=_time

[sherman]

Thank you very much!