Epoch

Convert a date and time to the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT) not counting leap seconds.

See UNIX to use the number of milliseconds elapsed instead of seconds.

Input

Field	Definition	Type	Required
start	Date and time to be converted to epoch format.	Date & Time	TRUE

Output

Field	Definition	Type
output	Date and time in epoch format. Seconds are counted since January 1, 1970, midnight UTC/GMT, not counting leap seconds.	Date & Time

Example

start	output
2016-09-07T00:01:25.670Z	1473206485

If you need the epoch format for the current date and time, use a Now card and drag and drop the date field from the Now card into the start field on the Epoch function card.